DMV / County Clerk/ Records Management

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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.

Special Information for this Greene County DMV:

• You MUST have a reservation and follow all safety and social distancing guidelines to complete in-person transactions.
• The reservation phone line is 518-719-3279

In-Person Services:

• Renew your Commercial Driver License
• Renew your (non-CDL) license or ID
• Exchange your out-of-state license
• Car or motorcycle learner permit testing
• Restore a revoked or suspended license
• Apply for a conditional / restricted license
• Commercial Driver License permit or endorsement testing
• Change Information or class on your photo document (non-renewal)
• Get a NY Non-Driver ID
• Change your name on photo document
• Upgrade to a REAL ID or Enhanced (EDL) as part of a license or ID renewal
• Restore license after revocation
• Replace peeling plates

 We continue to encourage all other transactions to be left in the drop box at the front door of the County Building or mailed to Greene County DMV, 411 Main Street, Suite 202, Catskill, NY 12414.

To learn how to Register a Vehicle or Transfer a Registration by Mail click here. 

County Clerks Office

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 Greene County Clerk’s Office in Catskill is open to the public. We continue to encourage recordings and filings to be left in the drop box at the front door of the County Building or mailed to Greene County Clerk, 411 Main Street, Suite 212, Catskill, NY 12414. Please include your contact information (name and phone number) so we can call you with any questions. You may call us at 518-719-3255 with any questions.

Access to the record room is by appointment only. Please call 518-719-3254. These public records are now available on-line for your 24/7 convenience.  To access the online records go to: www.searchiqs.com/nygre 

Before continuing, please note the following important information:

• You may search for and view available records at no charge. Simply log-in as guest. If you wish to print copies of documents (example: a copy of a deed or a mortgage), a fee will be charged ($5 per document if you are not a commercial subscriber). You will need to provide your credit card information. Note: This information does not go to the County Clerk.
• Searches are done by name. The County Clerk’s Office does not index by tax parcel or address.
• For historical records (ie: Grantor Indices 1800-1991, Deeds Book 489-765) please use the Indexbooks tab at the top of the search screen. Indexbook fees: 50 cents per page.

To Access the online records go to: www.searchiqs.com/nygre  and log in as guest.

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.

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

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.