Dutchess
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Dutchess

County

Territory

  • officials recorded 0
  • partly recorded 10
  • nothing recorded 33
GEOID
36027
OCD-ID
ocd-division/country:us/state:ny/county:dutchess
POP
300,708 (2025)
CENTER
41.7652, -73.7429
SOURCE
census tiger

Government of Dutchess

Bodies, seats, agencies and services that belong to Dutchess itself. Jurisdictions inside it are listed separately below.

Dutchess County Legislature
25/25 seats recorded

Organization 39

Departments

  • Assigned Counsel Program Legal

    The role of the Assigned Counsel Program is to establish, monitor and oversee a program for the appointment of private counsel when the Public Defender's Office has a legal conflict and cannot undertake such representation. The Assigned Counsel Program plays a vital role in ensuring justice for clients who cannot afford to retain an attorney in criminal defense or family law matters.

  • Board of Elections Elections

    The Board of Elections register voters, maintain voter registration data base, conduct elections, and receives campaign finance filings.

  • Budget Office Finance

    The Dutchess County Budget Office serves the County Executive and her administration on all budgetary issues and is responsible for the preparation and oversight of the annual operating budget and capital budget.

  • Commission on Human Rights

    Foster mutual respect and understanding among all groups, including but not limited to, racial, religious, national, disability, and LGBT groups in the county.

  • County Attorney's Office Legal

    The County Attorney, and her supporting staff, is the sole legal advisor for the County and all its units except the Legislature. The County Attorney’s Office prosecutes and defends all civil actions and proceedings for or against the County.

  • County Clerk Clerk
  • County Executive Administration

    Our administration is committed to developing policy and delivering services that best serve the people of Dutchess County.

  • Criminal Justice Council

    The Criminal Justice Council engages in a collaborative process of information sharing to maximize resources resulting in an enhanced criminal justice process.

  • Department of Community and Family Services Human Services

    Provide assistance to eligible individuals and families while assisting clients to achieve their full potential.

  • Department of Emergency Response Emergency Management

    To assist the Emergency First Responders of Dutchess County and local municipalities to prepare and respond to natural and man-made emergencies in their communities.

  • Department of Finance Finance

    The Commissioner of Finance serves as the chief fiscal officer for the County and provides all the treasury functions for the County.

  • Department of Health Health

    The Department of Health offers a wide array of services to protect, promote, and improve the well-being of our community.

  • Department of History

    Preserve and promote our understanding of the county’s past and how it impacts us today.

  • Department of Human Resources Human Resources

    The department is involved in employee recruitment, salary plan administration, contract negotiation and administration, labor and employee relations, the maintenance of personnel records, and advisement on federal and state laws relating to employment, including Civil Service Law.

  • Department of Mental Health Health

    The Department of Mental Health provides services and programs for individuals living with mental health and/or substance use issues. Our 988 HELPLINE is a staffed 24/7/365 by mental health professionals who can connect you with the help and support you need.

  • Department of Motor Vehicles (County Clerk) Transportation

    The County Clerk’s office oversees four DMV offices (Beacon, Millbrook, Poughkeepsie, Wappingers) throughout Dutchess County.

  • Department of Planning and Development Planning

    The Department of Planning and Development helps to maintain and enhance the County's quality of life. The Department is responsible for countywide planning, coordination of economic development activities, planning assistance to local governments, and comprehensive mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) data.

  • Department of Public Works Public Works

    Public Works has the responsibility for the administration, construction, maintenance, supervision, repair, alteration, and care of the airport, and all buildings, highways, bridges, parking lots, county parks, as well as the Division of Public Transit, and all other Public Works’ facilities considered within the county jurisdiction.

  • District Attorney Legal

    The District Attorney is an independently-elected public official who prosecutes or otherwise disposes of all crimes committed in the County of Dutchess, including state institutions and correctional facilities, on behalf of the People of the State of New York.

  • Division of Central Services (Purchasing)

    The Division of Central Services is a compilation of different functional units with the task of serving the operational needs of all other County Departments; assisting them in providing their services to the public more efficiently and at a reduced cost.

  • Division of Solid Waste Management Utilities

    Responsible for the formulation and implementation of programs for the collection and disposal of solid waste generated within the County.

  • Division of Youth Services Human Services

    Encourage and assist communities to carry out their responsibilities to provide the important physical and social conditions necessary for the well-being and development of our youth in a fiscally responsible manner.

  • Dutchess County Transportation Council Transportation

    The Dutchess County Transportation Council (DCTC) Serves as the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Dutchess County, responsible for ensuring that federal transportation funds are committed through a locally driven, comprehensive planning process

  • Hudson Valley Regional Airport Transportation

    The Hudson Valley Regional Airport is located seven miles south of the City of Poughkeepsie, in the Town of Wappinger.

  • Justice and Transition Center (County Jail) Police

    Maintain the safety and good order of the facility through the practice of a humane treatment philosophy that ensures that inmates are not subject to unlawful discriminatory treatment based upon race, religion, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, age, or political beliefs.

  • Medical Examiner Health

    The Office is open to the public during regular business hours only. Families are welcome to come to DCME to identify the deceased, obtain autopsy reports, or speak to an investigator or medical examiner.

  • Office for the Aging Human Services

    The Office for the Aging administers programs that serve senior citizens, individuals with disabilities, family caregivers, and residents throughout Dutchess County.

  • Office of Central and Information Services Information Technology

    Our divisions of Information Services (OCIS) and Central Services (Purchasing) provide support to County departments and municipalities with a focus on shared services, enhanced efficiency, and new collaborations that result in long-term county cost savings.

  • Office of Probation and Community Corrections Police

    The mission of the Office of Probation and Community Corrections is to protect the community through intervention in the lives of those under supervision by facilitating compliance with court orders and serving as a catalyst for positive change.

  • Office of the Comptroller Finance

    Audits all county departments and outside agencies funded by the county. Audits and approves for payment all payments to vendors and provides for all processing and record keeping required by federal, state and local law for encumbrance, payment and reporting of financial transactions

  • Office of Veterans Affairs Human Services

    Helping our county veterans and their families receive their maximum benefits from the Office of Veterans Affairs and other agencies.

  • Parks Division Parks & Recreation

    A primary goal of all county services is the enhancement of the quality of life for all county residents, and the Parks Division accomplishes this by operating six active facilities.

  • Public Defender Legal

    We provide quality legal representation to our clients who have criminal charges filed against them and who have been determined to be indigent.

  • Public Transit Transportation

    Public Transit provides transit service to Dutchess County through two modes of service: fixed route service and demand response services like Dial-A-Ride and Paratransit. Public Transit runs a RailLink bus service in cooperation with the Metro-North Railroad.

  • Real Property Tax Service Agency Assessment

    The Agency’s primary function is the production and maintenance of tax maps. These maps were originally designed for local assessors to assist them in fulfilling their legal obligations by displaying the size and location of parcels within the towns, cities, villages, schools and special districts.

  • Sheriff's Office Police

    The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office mission is to keep our county free of crime. Although this remains an ideal, it is our office's mission to ensure every resident of Dutchess County is well protected from any and all crimes

  • STOP-DWI Program

    The STOP-DWI Program was enacted by the State Legislature in 1981 for the purposes of empowering county governments to coordinate local efforts to reduce alcohol and other drug-related traffic crashes within the context of a comprehensive and financially self-sustaining alcohol and highway safety program.

  • Traffic Safety Board Transportation

    A coalition of law enforcement, education, health and service agencies and individuals committed to ensuring that our streets, sidewalks, and residents remain safe and secure.

  • Weights and Measures Health

    Enforces Article 16 of the NYS Agriculture and Markets Law. Inspections are performed annually at every Dutchess County establishment that uses a weighing or measuring device when selling a product.

Services 17

  • Address Info Finder Office of Central and Information Services
  • Ancient Documents Search County Clerk
  • Become an Election Inspector Board of Elections
  • Bidding Opportunities and Vendor Registration Division of Central Services (Purchasing)
  • Certificate of Doing Business Under an Assumed Name (DBA) County Clerk
  • County Parks Facilities Reservation Parks Division
  • County Parks Programs Registration Parks Division
  • Employment Application / Civil Service Exam Announcements Department of Human Resources
  • Highway Work Permits Department of Public Works
  • Inmate Visitation Justice and Transition Center (County Jail)
  • Notary Public Application and Renewal County Clerk
  • ParcelAccess Property Lookup Real Property Tax Service Agency
  • Pistol Permits Sheriff's Office
  • Public Documents Search (Land and Court Records) County Clerk
  • Request Access to Health Records (FOIL) Department of Health
  • Sex Offender Search and Alerts Sheriff's Office
  • Vote by Absentee Ballot Board of Elections

Within Dutchess

Each of these governs itself. Counts are that jurisdiction's own records.

jurisdictions
43
agencies
58
bodies
14
officials
0
Name Agencies Bodies Officials
Poughkeepsie 2 1 0
Beacon 12 1 0
Wappingers Falls 6 0 0
Rhinebeck 6 3 0
Fishkill 9 0 0
Pawling 6 3 0
Red Hook 2 0 0
Millbrook 8 3 0
Tivoli 4 0 0
Millerton 3 3 0
Amenia 0 0 0
Arlington 0 0 0
Bard College 0 0 0
Barrytown 0 0 0
Brinckerhoff 0 0 0
Chelsea Cove 0 0 0
Crown Heights 0 0 0
Dover Plains 0 0 0
Fairview 0 0 0
Freedom Plains 0 0 0
Haviland 0 0 0
Hillside Lake 0 0 0
Hopewell Junction 0 0 0
Hyde Park 0 0 0
MacDonnell Heights 0 0 0
Marist College 0 0 0
Merritt Park 0 0 0
Myers Corner 0 0 0
New Hackensack 0 0 0
New Hamburg 0 0 0
Pine Plains 0 0 0
Pleasant Valley 0 0 0
Red Oaks Mill 0 0 0
Rhinecliff 0 0 0
Salt Point 0 0 0
Shorehaven 0 0 0
Spackenkill 0 0 0
Staatsburg 0 0 0
Titusville 0 0 0
Upper Red Hook 0 0 0
Vassar College 0 0 0
Wassaic 0 0 0
Wingdale 0 0 0