All transactions involving land situated in Shelton must be recorded in the Office of the City/Town Clerk. This includes, but is not limited to: deeds, mortgages, attachments, liens, judgments, tax liens, assessments, conveyances, maps, planning & zoning, and other miscellaneous legal documents pertaining to land use.

The City/Town Clerk records and keeps permanent documentation and indexing of all transactions.  These Land Records are open for public inspection during normal business hours.  

The Basic fee schedule for Land Recording and Copies is as follows:

Note that Local and State Conveyance Taxes are due and payable when recording the document. 

A new State budget was adopted that affects local real estate conveyance tax. From march 15, 2003 to June 30, 2004, municipal real estate conveyance tax increases from 0.11% to 0.25% of the sale price.