Patricia A. Gray, Town Clerk Email
Jane Iverson, Deputy Clerk Email
93 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609-1400
Main Phone Number (207) 288 4098
Fax (207) 288 4461
Office Hours: Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Services Provided
Clamming License, Shellfish License
Dog Licenses
Elections/Voters Registration (below)
General Assistance
Genealogy Hunting & Fishing Licenses
Marriage Licenses
Recording Business Name
Vital Records: Birth, Marriages, Death
Elections, Voter Registration, Municipal Elections, and Absentee Ballot Request
Additional Voter Information is here
Elections
The annual Municipal election is held on the 1st and 2nd Tuesday in June. The first Tuesday is the open town meeting voting on the next fiscal year budget, etc. The second Tuesday is the "secret ballot" election of town officials; town councilors; school committee members; and MDI District Trustee; and referendum.
The State/Federal General Election is held on the 1st Tuesday of November. The State Primary Election is held on the 2nd Tuesday of June of each general election year.
Elections are held in the Municipal Building auditorium, third floor, 93 Cottage Street. Polls open at 8:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. Voters Registration The State of Maine allows residents to register to vote anytime, including the day of the election. Bar Harbor residents may register to vote in person at the Town Clerk's office anytime; or when changing or renewing a driver's license at the Registry of Motor Vehicles at least twenty-five days prior to an election.
Proof of residency and proof of identity is required, e.g. driver's license showing physical street address in Bar Harbor; photo identification and document with voter's name and physical address.Residence for Voting Purposes as defined in M.R.S.A. Title 21 A sec. 112, is that place where the person has established a fixed and principal home to which the person, whenever temporarily absent, intends to return. Under this definition, residence is something a person establishes, not something a person chooses. While the definition includes the person's "intent to return" to a residence, it makes it clear that the residence must in fact exist, and the person must have established it as a fixed and principal home.
Visit the State of Maine website for Voter Registration information: http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/resident.htm
Town Meeting Warrant and Sample Ballot
Municipal Sample Ballot Information HERE
Absentee Ballot Application Request & Procedures (Absentee ballot application request available 90 days before election date) Visit State of Maine website for application and procedures: Click HERE for the link and click on Option #2 or #3 when you visit the site
Required by Maine Revised Statutes Annotated Title 31 Sec. 1 all partnerships and sole proprietors must record their name, doing business as, and type of business with the Town Clerk. If a partner or business dissolves, a withdrawal certificate must be filed. There is a recording fee of $10.00.
Voter information is HERE
Election Information and Absentee Ballot Procedures (Absentee application not available at this time)
Voter Registration information
Sample Ballot (Click here for view; scan a copy each election)
Town Meeting Warrant
Town of Bar Harbor Municipal Records include birth, marriage, and death records for Bar Harbor (formerly Town of Eden) residents and if the event took place in Bar Harbor.
Records from present date back to the late 1790. Records prior to 1892 are not a complete listing. A fee of $3.00 per record searched. If record is found, $3.00 fee includes a photocopy labeled "NOT FOR LEGAL PURPOSES". A $10.00 fee for a certified copy in long form. Make check payable to TOWN OF BAR HARBOR. Include all known information with the written request: name, dates, location. Fees must be paid in advance. Please mail requests to the Town Clerk or call for an appointment.
Other resources:
Jesup Memorial Library, 34 Mt. Desert Street, Bar Harbor 04609
Bar Harbor Historical Society, 31 Ledgelawn Avenue, Bar Harbor 04609
Maine State Archives, record from 1892-1922 for each town in the State of Maine. 84 State House Station, Cultural Building, Augusta 04333-0084, phone- Search Room 207 287 5795; http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/
Office of Vital Statistics, records from 1923 to present for each town in the State of Maine. #11 SHS, 244 Water Street, Augusta 04333-0011; phone 207 287 1919; http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/bohodr/recorder.htm
Maine State Historical Society, Library Research Center, 485 Congress Street, Portland 04101; www.mainehistory.org
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, exclusive cemetery indexes, data from graves of Revolutionary War soldiers and more. Phone 202 879 3229
New England Historic Genealogy Society, Boston. Nation's oldest society. Phone 617 536 5740
Military records, Old Census records, Ships' Passenger Lists, etc. see website listing for National Archives - http://www.nara.gov
Other websites: http://www.rootsweb.com; http://www.adoptions.com;http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/rr/genealogy; http://www.familysearch.org.
Resident fishing or hunting licenses for persons 16 years of age or
older may be obtained at the Town Office at a cost of $23.00, or at
area merchants or online through the Department of Inland Fisheries and
Wildlife, http://www.mefishwildlife.com.
Non Resident fishing and hunting licenses are no longer available at the Town Office. Area merchants sell non resident licenses and they can be purchased online through the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, http://www.mefishwildlife.com.
Upon age 16, proof of successful
completion of a Hunter's Safety Course must be provided to obtain an
adult license.
Other licenses and stamps that may be obtained include: archery license, resident serviceman combination license, duplicate license, duck stamps, muzzleloading, pheasant stamps, and over 70 Complimentary license.