St. Lawrence County Clerk’s Office – Canton, New York
Domestic Relations Law Section 235
Please be advised that according to Section 235 of the Domestic Relations Law this office cannot provide copies
of divorce proceedings to any person other than one of the parties to the action or their attorneys.
We will provide copies of divorce proceedings to one of the below mentioned parties only after they have shown
satisfactory identification and/or signed a notarized statement that they are a party to the action.
For the convenience of this office and all eligible parties, the bottom of this form contains the necessary
statement.
The statement must be accompanied by the required copying fee of $.65 (sixty-five cents) per page with the
minimum fee being $1.30. If a certified copy is needed, the fee is $5.00 for the first 10 pages and .65 cents for
each additional page.
If any person other than one of the parties to the action wants to know the disposition of the divorce action, a
“Certificate of Disposition” can be obtained for a fee of $5.00.
The undersigned being duly sworn says I am one of the Parties in the Divorce Action
___________________________________________VS____________________________________________
Name of Plaintiff
Name of Defendant
which was brought in St. Lawrence County Supreme Court on _____________________
and was assigned Index # ___________ ____or I am an attorney representing one of the
parties of this divorce action.
X________________________________________
Sign name in full
****If you are mailing the release form please indicate the address the copy should be returned to below****
State of _______________________} ss:
County of _____________________}
On the _____ day of ___________________ in the year_____ before me, the undersigned a
Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared_________________________ personally known to me or proved
to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and
acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her capacity, and that by his/her signature on the instrument, the
individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
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Notary Public or County Clerk Staff
RETURN FORM TO:
ST LAWRENCE COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE
48 COURT STREET, CANTON NY 13617
**Mail divorce copy to
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