County Clerk / DMV / Records Management

In response to the public health emergency for the COVID-19 virus, Governor Cuomo has directed all state- and county-run DMV field offices to close, effective immediately, until further notice. While offices are closed, expiration dates for driver licenses, non-driver IDs, and registrations including temporary 45-day registrations will be extended. All road tests are also suspended until further notice.

Read the Official Notice on Extension of Expiration Dates

The DMV office in Catskill will open to the public on Wednesday June 17, 2020 by appointment only. For an appointment please call
518-719-3279. They will continue to accept DMV mail/transactions and dealer work at the front door drop box.

The Greene County Clerks Office in Catskill will open to the public on Wednesday June 17, 2020. They will continue to accept  mail/transactions and dealer work at the front door drop box. Access to the record room is by appointment only. Please call 518-719-3255.

The Clerk of Greene County is responsible for the recording, filing, storage and upkeep of a variety of documents. These include deeds, mortgages, criminal records and all court records for the Supreme Court and County Court.

The Department of Motor Vehicles and the Records Center are also supervised by the County Clerk.

The Office of the County Clerk is also responsible for collecting revenue for services that are provided, which include being an acceptance agent for passports.

Department of Motor Vehicles

New York DMV issues a variety of types of license plates. Plates are available for cars, trucks, trailers, motorcycles, ATVs and snowmobiles, plus livery, ambulances, buses, and other commercial vehicles.

The Department of Motor Vehicles provides services for testing for learner, CDL, and motorcycle permits, original and renewal drivers licenses, as well as abstracts of licenses, restricted and conditional licenses and enrollment in the Drinking Driver Program.

Records Management

Overseen by the County Clerk, the Greene County Records Center is located at 465 Main Street in Catskill. The Records Center provides County departments and agencies storage space and records services to over 30 County departments and agencies, housing over 12,000 cubic feet of inactive County records. Services include identification, indexing, retrieval, and destruction of obsolete records.

The Records Center does NOT provide public access to County records.  For access to County records, please contact the Department that creates or maintains the records you seek.