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County clerk raises passport photo fee, warns of deed‑fraud scams and expands town digitization support
Summary
The county clerk proposed raising passport photo fees to $12, warned of increasing deed‑fraud attempts, promoted a free IQS fraud‑alert sign‑up, and described a town digitization program with training and archive reviews.
The county clerk requested and won approval to raise the passport photo fee from $10 to $12 effective Sept. 1 and used the meeting to warn residents about a spike in deed‑fraud schemes while outlining an expanding digitization program for town clerks.
“I'm requesting, your approval to as of September 1, I would like to increase the passport photo fee from $10 to 12,” Lisa, the county clerk, told the Government Operations committee. The fee increase passed by voice vote after a motion and second. Lisa said the increase remains lower than local private providers and will help offset higher equipment and supply costs; she said some…
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