Services & Fees

Services & Fees Authorized under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 262, Section 34

These fees are established in accordance with the Northampton Administrative Code Section 1.07

 Effective March 1, 2019 ~ No refunds issued for services rendered

• For filing and indexing assignment for the benefit of creditors - $10
• For filing attachment and dissolution of attachment of bulky personal property - $10
• For entering amendment of a record of the birth of a child born out of wedlock subsequently legitimized - $60
• For correcting errors in a record of a birth - $60
• For furnishing certificate of a birth - $15
• For entering delayed record of birth - $60
• For filing certificate of a person conducting business under any title other than his/her real name - $50
• Business certificate change - For filing a statement of change of his/her residence, or of his/her discontinuance, retirement, or withdrawal from, or change of location of, such business - $25
• Certified copies of business filings - $10
• For furnishing certified copy of certificate of person conducting business under any title other than his/her real name or a statement by such person of his/her discontinuance, retirement or withdrawal from such business - $10
• For correcting errors in a record of death - $60
• For furnishing a certificate of death - $15
• For entering notice of intention of marriage and issuing certificate thereof - $40
• For issuing replacement unexpired certificate of marriage  - $20
• For entering certificate of marriage filed by persons married out of the Commonwealth - $40
• For issuing a certificate of marriage - $15
• For correcting errors in a record of a marriage - $60
• For recording power of attorney - $20
• For recording the name of the owner of a certificate of registration as a physician or osteopath in the commonwealth - $10
• For recording order granting locations of poles, piers, abutments, or conduits; alterations or transfers thereof; an increase in number of wires, cable or attachments under Sec. 22 of Chap. 166 - $50 per pole
• Increase in number of wires and cable or attachments - $25 per pole
• For examining records or papers relating to birth, marriage or deaths upon the application of any person, the actual expense thereof, but not less than - $10
• For copying any manuscript or record pertaining to a birth, marriage or death, per page - $10
• For receiving and filing a complete inventory of all items to be included in a "closing out sale," etc. First page - $10
  Each additional page - $3 (Click here for PDF form)
• For filing a copy of written instrument or declaration of trust by trustees of an association or trust, or any amendment thereof as provided by Sec. 2, Chapter 182 - $10
• For recording deed of lot or plot in a public cemetery - $10
• Certification of any Document/Instrument/Paper - $10
• Burial Permits - $25 Effective July 1, 2019 burial permit fee is $25 (Previously $35)

Certain Other Fees Collected by City Clerk’s Office

• Dog Licenses (beginning with licenses issued for 2019):
  • Neutered Male and spayed female dogs - $10
  • Unneutered male and unspayed female dogs - $20
  • Transfer licenses from another Massachusetts community - $5
  • Administrative late charge for failure to obtain required license - $20, beginning May 1^st (owner must pay back license fee for any year that dog is unlicensed)
• Redemption of impounded dogs:
  • Pickup fee- First retrieval within calendar year $15;
    • Second retrieval within calendar year $30;
    • Subsequent retrieval within calendar year $60
  • Administrative Fee - $15
  • Identification Fee - $5
  • Care and Keeping - $7 per day or portion thereof
  • Care and keeping subsequent to 24 hours after owner/keeper has been notified of dog’s impoundment - $10 per day or portion thereof
• Kennel License:
  • Category A - (4 or fewer dogs) - $75
  • Category B - (more than 4 but fewer than 10 dogs) - $150
  • Category C - (10 dogs or more) - $250
  • Administrative late charge for failure to obtain license - $20