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  • The Office of the City Clerk provides genealogical researchers access to certain indexes, records and information. This access is available during regular business hours. Further research may be conducted at: Vital Records Division of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Massachusetts State Archives National Archives-New England Region.

  • City Clerk Allyson Danforth
    978-538-5750 Email
  • Assistant City Clerk Stacy Patturelli
    978-538-5751 Email
  • Staff Matthew Jenkins
    978-538-5752 Email
  • Staff Karina Tirado
    978-538-5753 Email
  • Staff Tania Bermudez
    978-538-5754 Email

  • Certified copies of birth, death and marriage records may be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk in person, during regular business hours, by mail, or online at
  • www.unipaygold.unibank.com
  • To request a vital record by mail, please forward a written request to the Office of the City Clerk, 24 Lowell Street, Peabody, MA 01960 with a check made payable to the City of Peabody. The written request must include the name of the party, date of birth, marriage, or death, and contact information of the requestor.
  • The fee for a certified copy is $10.00. Birth records will be on file only if the child was born in Peabody or the parents were residing in Peabody at the time of the birth. In some cases, picture identification may be required to obtain a certified copy the record.
  • Marriage records will only be on file if the married parties filed their intention of marriage in Peabody.
  • Death records will be on file if the person deceased in Peabody or was residing in Peabody at the time of death

  • The City Clerk's Office is now updating the 2024 City census. If you have received your census, please return to the City Clerk's Office immediately. Residents can also leave their census at the following locations: Main Library, 82 Main Street; West Branch Library, 603 Lowell Street; South Branch Library, 78 Lynn Street, Community Life Center, 79 Central Street. If any resident has not received a census form, you may call the City Clerk's Office to inquire or download the file and return it to the City Clerk's Office.
  • 2026 City of Peabody Census Form
  • It is important to answer the census and be counted. Answering the census keeps you active on the voting list - please bear in mind that we have a very important Presidential election this November. The census also helps the City with various grant applications, if you are in the military you may be eligible for the bonus buy back program, proving your residence, and aids police and fire for 911 purposes.

  • Permits & Licenses

  • Online Yard Sale Permit
  • Yard Sale Rules

  • A Yard Sale Permit (residential only) must be issued if any resident is planning on conducting a yard sale or garage sale. Permits can be obtained from the City Clerk's Office at any time prior to the event. Yard sales are limited to two (2) days per calendar year. The fee for a permit is $5.00 per day. A resident can also indicate a rain date. Signs are prohibited from being affixed to City property such as telephone poles, street signs, sidewalks, etc.

  • To obtain a marriage license, you must visit the City Clerks Office at Peabody City Hall during normal business hours. Please plan on arriving at least 30 minutes before City Hall closes.

  • Online Dog License Application

  • Please Note: All 2026 dog license applications will be processed and mailed after March 1, 2026. Your 2025 dog license is good until March 31, 2026.

  • Dog License Application

  • A Dog License must be issued to the owner or a keeper of a dog at least six months of age or older. To license a dog, you must show proof of a current vaccination (just the rabies tag is not sufficient) and proof of spay or neutering. The fee for a spay or neutered dog is $15.00 and a male or female is $25.00. You may license the dog in person at the City Clerk's Office, mail in the dog license application form with payment, request for a license using the City's Online Payment Center.

  • Special Permit Application

  • The city council must formally receive the special permit application at a regularly scheduled meeting prior to a legal ad being published in a newspaper of general circulation. After the city council acts on the special permit, a special permit decision is filed in the City clerk's office, and there is a 20 day appeal period from the filing date of said decision to the time that an applicant can obtain a building/occupancy permit from the building inspector. It's at the building inspector's discretion to issue the same.

  • A hunting and fishing license can no longer be obtained from the City Clerks office. All licenses are now obtained via an all electronic system thru the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. Any questions please call 978-538-5756.

  • Work permits for children, ages 14 through 17, may be obtained at the School Department. (978) 531-1600.

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  • Business Information

  • if this is a new application, you need to have the qualification form approval first

  • All new Business Certificate applicants, including home offices must have an approval from the Business inspector’s office. Please follow the link below to get started on the business qualification application. Once the approval has been emailed, please print and bring into the office or include with your application if it is being mailed.
  • Business Certificate Qualification Form
  • Massachusetts requires anyone who is conducting business under an alias (i.e. any other name than their own), including corporations, to file a business certificate in the community where their business is principally headquartered. This form, also called a "DBA" which stands for "doing business as", contains the name and address of the business and the names and residences of the principals of the business. This certificate must be signed in the presence of a designated clerk in the Office of the City Clerk or a Notary Public. The certificate is effective for four years and the filing fee is $20.00. The fee for filing an amendment is $10.00.
  • Business Certificate Form

  • Filing a business certificate at the local level does not protect your name. If you have a business name or a symbol that you consider unique and valuable you may want to register it as a trademark or a service mark. Trademarks are any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination of these used to identify the goods of a business and distinguish those goods from the goods of others. Similarly, there are service marks that may be used to identify and distinguish a business which provides a service rather than goods. You are not required to register your trademark or service mark with any governmental agency. Trademarks are protected under common law. However, by registering your mark, you may gain certain exclusive ownership benefits under statutory law. You should contact the Specialized Section in the Corporations Division of the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth for further information.