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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-19 (2025)

Assistant town clerks. Notice to Secretary of the State of appointment, vacancy

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Each town clerk may, unless otherwise provided by charter or ordinance, appoint assistant town clerks, who, having taken the oath provided for town clerks, shall, in the absence or inability of the town clerk, have all the powers and perform all the duties of the town clerk. Within ten days after a town clerk appoints an assistant town clerk, the town clerk shall file a notice of such appointment with the Secretary of the State, indicating the name and address of the person appointed, the date and method of such appointment and the law under which the appointment was made. Within ten days after a vacancy occurs in the office of assistant town clerk, the town clerk shall notify the Secretary of the State of such vacancy.

(1949 Rev., S. 546; 1953, S. 220d; 1961, P.A. 182; P.A. 73-198, S. 1, 2; P.A. 82-327, S. 1; P.A. 87-387, S. 5; P.A. 02-137, S. 5.)

History: 1961 act added provision assistant town clerks shall in absence or inability of clerk “have all his powers”; P.A. 73-198 changed number of assistant clerks from “one or two” to “not more than three”; P.A. 82-327 specified that towns may appoint assistants in another manner if charter or ordinance so provides and removed the bond provision from this section; P.A. 87-387 required town clerk to notify secretary of the state of appointment of an assistant town clerk or vacancy in office of assistant town clerk; P.A. 02-137 deleted requirement that appointment of assistant town clerks be approved by one of the selectman, deleted limit of “not more than three” assistant town clerks and made technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality, effective January 1, 2003.

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Cited in 18 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 2011–2023 · leading case: Stewart v. Town of Watertown, 38 A.3d 72 (Conn. 2012).
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Stewart v. Town of Watertown, 38 A.3d 72 (Conn. 2012). · cites it 3× “8 General Statutes § 7-19 provides that an assistant town clerk, who, having taken the oath provided for town clerks, shall have all the powers and shall perform all the duties of the town clerk in the absence or inability of the town clerk. General Statutes § 7-20 provides that…”
Nowacki v. Nowacki, 72 A.3d 1245 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 3× “Practice Book § 7-19 provides in relevant part: “Self-represented litigants seeking to compel the attendance of necessary witnesses in connection with the hearing of any civil matter .”
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Caldrello, 192 Conn. App. 1 (Conn. App. Ct. 2019). “Before the plaintiff could file its objection to the defendant’s subpoena request, the court granted it.”
Sullivan v. Lazzari, 43 A.3d 750 (Conn. App. Ct. 2012). “Practice Book § 7-19 provides: “Self-represented litigants seeking to compel the attendance of necessary witnesses in connection with the hearing of any civil matter, including matters scheduled on short calendar or special proceeding lists or for trial, shall file an…”
Clark v. Clark, 26 A.3d 640 (Conn. App. Ct. 2011). “See Practice Book § 7-19. The defendant first argues that the court erred in denying her application for a “subpoena for Bank of America, the bank which holds the $405,000 note that is solely in the name of the plaintiff.”
Cohen v. Rossi, 295 A.3d 75 (Conn. 2023). · cites it 17× “In his concurrence, my equally learned colleague, Justice D’Auria, reads the same language to plainly and unambiguously mean the municipal clerk or an assistant clerk authorized pursuant to General Statutes § 7-19, and no one else. Reasonable minds will differ on many subjects,…”
Cohen v. Rossi (Second Concurrence), No. SC20737 (Conn. June 20, 2023). · cites it 16× “In his concurrence, my equally learned colleague, Justice D’Auria, reads the same language to plainly and unambiguously mean the municipal clerk or an assistant clerk authorized pursuant to General Statutes § 7-19, and no one else. Reasonable minds will differ on many subjects,…”
Cohen v. Rossi, 295 A.3d 75 (Conn. 2023). · cites it 5× “For example, General Statutes § 7-19 provides in relevant part that ‘‘[e]ach town clerk may, unless otherwise provided by charter or ordinance, appoint assistant town clerks, who, having taken the oath provided for town clerks, shall, in the absence or inability of the town…”
Cohen v. Rossi, 295 A.3d 75 (Conn. 2023). · cites it 5× “For example, General Statutes § 7-19 provides in relevant part that ‘‘[e]ach town clerk may, unless otherwise provided by charter or ordinance, appoint assistant town clerks, who, having taken the oath provided for town clerks, shall, in the absence or inability of the town…”
Cohen v. Rossi, 295 A.3d 75 (Conn. 2023). · cites it 7× “Rather, I believe that the statute’s plain and unambiguous language authorizes only the municipal clerk and, if the requirements of General Statutes § 7-19 are satisfied, any appointed assistant clerks, to retrieve absentee ballots from the drop boxes.”
State v. Nowacki, 111 A.3d 911 (Conn. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 4× “Specifically, he claims that the trial court improperly failed to issue a subpoena for a wit- ness, Shultz, who was included on his list of witnesses submitted to the court for subpoenas pursuant to Prac- tice Book § 7-19,5 and prevented the defendant from testifying about…”
Lucarelli v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 43 A.3d 237 (Conn. App. Ct. 2012). “Practice Book § 7-19 provides: “Self-represented litigants seeking to compel the attendance of necessary witnesses in connection with the hearing of any civil matter, including matters scheduled on short calendar or special proceeding lists or for trial, shall file an…”
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