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Description of Services

The City of Buffalo Office of the City Clerk provides quality services to meet the needs of city residents and business owners in an effective, efficient and timely manner.  The Clerk’s Office is the keeper of City records, including birth, marriage, death, ordinances, Buffalo Common Council actions and more.  The Clerk’s Office also serves as a major informational, historical and legislative branch of the City, which requires vast networking and partnerships with countless public service, legal and government agencies.

Division Objectives
Prepares the agenda for Buffalo Common Council meetings; certifies and maintains a journal of those proceedings and publishes them in the manner described by ordinance
Records every ordinance enacted by the Buffalo Common Council
Records every Local Law and notifies the State Comptroller and Secretary of State of changes in the City Charter
Notifies the Commissioner of Board of Elections if a local law is subject to referendum
Gives notice in writing to every officer of his election or appointment and  of the amount of the official bond or undertaking required
Publishes all notices, advertising matters or proceedings required by ordinance or law
Issues and records birth and death certificates, as well as marriage licenses
Issues and records dog licenses
Files disclosure statements per Chapter VIII, Section 90 - Code of Ethics




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Tianna M. Marks
City Clerk


City Clerk
Physical Address View Map
65 Niagara Square
Room 1308
Buffalo, NY 14202




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Phone: 716-851-5431
Fax: 716-851-4845


Service Hours

Monday - Friday

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Marriage License Application Hours

Monday - Friday

9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.



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Acknowledgement of Parentage
Apostille Seal
Birth Certificate Request
Code of Ethics
Commissioner of Deeds
Death Certificate Request
Dog Licensing Bureau
Dual Citizenship Information
FOIL - Freedom Of Information Law
Genealogy Records & Resources
Information Regarding Adoptions
Legal Name Change
Marriage Bureau
Personnel List
Records Management
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Chicken License 
City of Buffalo Charter Revision Commission
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65 Niagara Square

Buffalo, NY 14202

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