South Central Regional Council of Governments (SCRCOG)
Connecticut
Last verified September 17, 2026
Connecticut has no county governments — property records, deeds, and vital records are recorded and maintained by each individual town or city clerk, not at a regional or state level. South Central Regional Council of Governments (SCRCOG) is one of the state's nine Councils of Government, the regional planning body the U.S. Census Bureau now recognizes as Connecticut's county-equivalent for its member towns. For actual recorded documents, go directly to the town below, or use the statewide search tools here, which cover every CT town.
Statewide Search Tools
These cover every Connecticut town, including all of South Central Regional Council of Governments (SCRCOG)'s member towns.
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How to Search Property and Court Records
A Municipal Assessor and a Town Clerk (Land Records) hold different pieces of the same property's history, and knowing which one to search saves time. The Municipal Assessor's office assesses each parcel's value for tax purposes and publishes a searchable record — owner name, assessed value, lot size, building details, and the parcel's legal description — usually searchable by owner name, address, or parcel ID.
The Town Clerk (Land Records)'s official records index is where deeds, mortgages, liens, satisfactions, and other recorded documents actually live. If you need to confirm who holds title to a property, trace a chain of ownership, or check for an outstanding lien, that's a Town Clerk (Land Records) search, not a Municipal Assessor search. Court dockets — civil, probate, family — are typically a separate search within the same office.
Why this matters for insurance and title work: confirming the named insured matches the recorded owner, checking for liens before binding a policy, and verifying a legal description all start with these two offices. Search tools and coverage vary by county — some counties use one shared portal for both, others keep them fully separate.
Member Towns
South Central Regional Council of Governments (SCRCOG)'s member towns — each handles its own building permits and land records: