Essex County, New York Courthouse

United States New YorkEssex County  Courthouse



County Clerk
Essex County Clerk 7559 Court Street P.O. Box 247 Elizabethtown, NY 12932-0247 Phone: 518-873-3600 Fax: 518-873-3548 Has land records starting in 1799. Births, marriages, and deaths in the county are kept by each Town Clerk.

Surrogate Clerk
Essex County Surrogate Court 7559 Court Street P.O. Box 217 Elizabethtown, NY 12932 Phone: 518-873-3384 Has wills, estates, and property files from 1803 of deceased persons. Surrogate court handles adoptions and guardianships. All adoption records are sealed. Guardianships of infants are open to the public, however guardianships called 17A of the mentally retarded are not open to the public. Their hours are M-F from 9am to 5pm.