Fees

LAND RECORDS

  • City of Bristol municipal conveyance tax is one half percent (.005%).  
  • Recording fee for most documents is $60 for the first page and $5 for each additional page.
  • If it is a MERS document there is a flat $159 fee for assignments and releases but for mortgages and modifications the fee is $159 for the first page and $5 for each additional page.
  • Land record copies are $1 per page.  To certify a document is an extra $2.
  • Property transfers reportable to the State require a $2 surcharge.
  • Foreclosure Registration forms are $60 each.
  • Online Land record Subscription - $130/year or $30/month or $100/yearly renewal.
  • Map copy regular size is $2; full size copy is $5.
  • Map recording for a subdivision of 3 or more parcels is $30 and any other map is $20.

VITALS

  • Marriage License is $50.
  • Certified copies of birth, death and marriage certificates are $20.
  • A wallet sized birth certificate is $15.
  • Burial Permits - $5  Cremation Permits - $5.

DOG FEES

  • Male / female license - $19.00.
  • Neutered male / spayed female - $8.00.
  • Replacement tag - $0.50.
  • Transfer of ownership - $1.00.
  • Change of residence (to another town) - $0.50.
  • Late licensing penalty (per month) - $1.00.

BUSINESS LICENSES

  • Trade Name Certificate is $10, to notarize the document is an additional $5.
  • Itinerant Vendor - $500. 

Notary Service is $5 per document.

Notary Appointments and renewals - $20.

Liquor Permits - $20.