Town Clerk
Michael Seery , Town Clerk
(508) 867-2930, Extension 12
E-Mail: Michael Seery

Office Hours at Town Hall:
Monday, 9am - 5pm
Tuesday, 9am - 5pm
Wednesday, 9am - 8pm
Thursday, 9am - 3pm

The Town Clerk is an elected official who keeps the records of birth, marriage, and deaths. The Clerk also runs elections and keeps the official records of town meetings and bylaws. Initiative petitions are delivered to the Town Clerk for certification. Other duties of the Town Clerk include issuing marriage licenses ($25), dog licenses ($11; $7 for neutered or spayed) and registering businesses in town ($20 for a 4 year certificate).

Click here to download Town By-Laws.

Click here to download the Zoning By-Law.

Certified copies of vital records (marriage, birth, death) of residents of Brookfield are available for $5/copy. Fee is payable upon request.  If requesting by mail, the correct fee along with a stamped self-addressed envelope must be included. If requesting by e-mail, please include a contact phone number.

STATE REGISTRY OF
VITAL RECORDS AND STATISTICS
The Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics maintains a central index of all vital record events (births, marriages and deaths) which occur in Massachusetts.

EARLY VITAL RECORDS
Click here for Brookfield records up to 1850 on
the website MA-vitalrecords.org.

Other sites on the web that may be good resources for research are: Roots Web and Gen Web Project.

 

View or download documents   Vital Records

 

 2012 ELECTION INFORMATION

ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION
MONDAY MAY 7, 2012
7:00 A.M. – 7:00 P.M.

Nomination papers for the offices on the town election ballot are available at the Town Clerk's office in the Town Hall. They must be completed and returned by 5pm on March 16 in order to have your name on the ballot. Click here to download more information about the offices on the ballot and the deadlines relating to the
May 7 Election. If you have any questions,
please contact the Town Clerk. Email or
call 508-867-2930 ext. 12.

STATE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012
7:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M.

Feb 15th (Wednesday) is the DEADLINE to change political party or register to vote for the Presidential Primary. The Town Clerk's Office will be open Feb 15from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm.  What this means is if you are a Democrat and wish to take a Republican ballot this will be the last day to change registration. Un-enrolled voters can declare their party preference on the day of election at the polls.

The STATE PRIMARY ELECTION is Tuesday March 6, 2012.  Polls open in Brookfield at 7:00 am and close at 8:00 pm.
 
Out of town on ELECTION DAY? 
Absentee Ballot Applications and Absentee Ballots are available in the Town Clerk's Office now. The DEADLINE to complete an application form for Absentee Ballots is Monday March 5th at 12 NOON.

If you have any questions, please contact the Town Clerk. Email or call 508-867-2930 ext. 12.