Town Clerk

Stockholm Town Clerk: Heather Kish
RMC – Registered Municipal Clerk, Notary, Registrar, Records Management Officer
540 St. Hwy 11C., Winthrop, NY
Phone: 315-389-5171 x1
Fax: 315-222-7329
Email: [email protected]​

​BIO:  Heather is married to Matthew Kish.  Heather is the mother and Matthew is the step-father to four sons, Daniel, Austin, Cole and Chase Sweeney.  Matthew is the Produce Manager at Price Chopper in Potsdam.  They have resided in the Town of Stockholm for most of their lives.  

Heather has worked for the town since 1996 beginning as a bookkeeper/Deputy Supervisor.  In 2000; she added the job of court clerk.  She was also a Deputy Town Clerk on and off and became the Town Clerk in 2015.  She also is the Tax Collector and remains as a court clerk.  

Hours:
Labor Day to Memorial Day: Monday-Thursday from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Closed daily from noon to 1 for lunch.

​Memorial Day to Labor Day: Monday-Thursday from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Closed daily from noon to 1 for lunch. 

Board Meeting: 2nd Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m.

Responsibilities

• Clerk for town
  a) Take and maintain board minutes
  b) Write correspondence generated by minutes,
• Administer Oaths of Office
• Clerical work for the Highway Superintendent
• Maintain Ordinance Book
• Maintain Local Law Book
• Maintain Receipt of Filings
• Maintain Town Signboard
• Notification of Appointment of Public Officers
• Notification of Meetings
• Official Undertakings
• Notification of Town Office Vacancies
• Fiscal Duties
• Licensing and Permitting
• Preparing agenda
• Keeper of the Town Seal
• Notary Public

Services

• ALL DOGS IN NYS ARE REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED IN THE TOWNSHIP YOU RESIDE IN. 
• Dog licenses & renewals (click here for form)
  • Dog license $7.50 if spayed/neutered, $15.50 if not spayed/neutered. Dog licenses are required for dogs four months of age or as soon as first rabies shot and harbored more than 30 days in the town.
  • Dogs are required to be on a leash or under the owner's control at all times while outside.
  • IF YOU ARE UNSURE WHERE TO LICENSE - PLEASE GO TO www.taxlookup.net TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE LICENSING IN THE CORRECT TOWN!
  • Stockholm has MAILING addresses for Winthrop, West Stockholm, Potsdam, Norwood, Norfolk, & Brasher Falls.  Stockholm is the largest (size wise) township in the County.  Or you may call the Town Clerk's office to verify.
• Hunting and fishing licenses
• Marriage licenses & certificates (click here for form)
  • Marriage license $40.00;  24 hour waiting period; the license is good for 60 days.  Must provide a birth certificate & drivers license (or a proper picture Id).  If married previously - must provide ALL divorce decrees.  
  • Certified Copies of marriage licenses are $10.00/each
• Filing of birth certificates certificates (click here for form)​
• Certified Copies of birth certificates $10.00
• Filing of death certificates certificates (click here for form)
  • Death Certificates $10.00
  • Must be filed within 72 hours of death
• Burial permits
• Recording of all building permits
• Genealogy requests

​Forms

• Dog Licenses and Renewals
• Marriage licenses & certificates
• Filing of birth certificates 
• death_certificate_request.pdf