CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
33-41 East Main Street
Johnstown, New York 12095
phone: (518) 736-4011
email: cathy.vanalstyne@cityofjohnstown-ny.com

Cathy A. VanAlstyne, City Clerk

The Office of the City Clerk assists the taxpayers and residents of the City of Johnstown by providing a variety of diverse services. These services include: processing birth, death and marriage certificates, vendors/solicitors, games of chance/bingo, and several other municipal licenses; issue Conservation Licenses; the administration of elections within the City of Johnstown and where law permits, providing access to city records. 

The City Clerk also serves as the Clerk to the Common Council and works with the legislative body in the management of agendas, meetings and other Charter-mandated activities.

DOG LICENSES
Dogs must be licensed by the age of 4 months.
          Fees: $  7.50 spayed/neutered   
                   $15.50 un-spayed/un-neutered

*Proof of current rabies must be provided in order to license your dog.

CONSERVATION
All persons applying for any Conservation License must present proof of residency.  Acceptable proof is: A NYS Driver's license, NYS Non - Driver's ID, W-2's, current Voter Registration Card, bank statements, utility bill or major credit card bill.

Proof must be presented of a Training Safety Course or a previous license stamp prior to receiving a license for any hunting, Bow  Hunting or Trapping.

For further information from the Department of Environmental Conservation, visit http://www.dec.state.ny.us and under the green "Outdoors & Natural Resources" banner, click on  "Hunt, Fish, Trap".

The DEC License Year begins October 1st and runs through September 30th.

Licenses and Fees (amounts are subject to change)

Resident Fees:

Non - Resident Fees:

Junior Licenses

Lifetime Licenses are also available through local agents, please call for fees and/or further information.

LANDFILL PERMITS
City of Johnstown residents must apply for a permit to use the Fulton County landfill on Mud Road.

    Fees: Permits: $  10.00* (valid from January 1st -December 31st)

*As of January 1, 2007, you are no longer required to purchase access coupons in addition to your yearly Landfill permit.

Questions regarding the landfill can either be answered by the City Clerk's Office or by calling the Fulton County Dept. of Solid Waste @ 736-5504.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Marriage License
$40.00 and must be obtained at least 24 hours before the ceremony and is good for 60 days. Couples must appear in person and provide the following documents:

    -proof of age/identification   -if previously married, we must see all executed, filed decrees of divorce.

According to the New York State Department of Health: New York State Law does not authorize the issuance of marriage licenses to persons of the same sex and New York courts, recognizing the traditional definition of marriage as the voluntary union of one man as husband and one woman as wife, have required the parties to a marriage to be of the opposite sex.

The State Department of Health has further stated that any municipal clerk who issues a marriage license outside the aforementioned guidelines would be in violation of state law and subject to penalties.