Dog licensing is a recurrent annual event.  The State of Vermont requires all dogs to be licensed in their town of residence.  To be registered, every dog must have a current rabies vaccination.  If you dog has a current vaccination on record, you are asked to send payment in the U.S. mail and a license will be sent in return.  Any animals with current vaccination records should be licensed before the April 1st deadline.

Dog Licensing Fees

Spayed/Neutered $11.00

Intact M/F $15.00

Late Licensing Fees

Spayed/Neutered $14.00

Intact M/F $20.00

Vershire Town Meeting was today, March 4, 2025, at 10:00am.  A pre-meeting informational meeting was held March 2, 2025, at 1:00pm. For Town Meeting Australian Ballot Results, click here.

For more information about registering to vote, check out the Vermont Secretary of State’s website here.

To perform title work in the Vershire Town Office, you are required to have an appointment scheduled in advance.  Please call or email the Vershire Town Clerk for more information.

If you have specific requests or need to schedule an appointment, please email (clerk-treasurer@vershirevt.org) or telephone (802 685-2227).

Marriage Licenses – Civil Marriage License Application.   You can save this file to your computer and fill out electronically.  It will have to be printed out, signed and returned to apply for a marriage license.  Civil Marriage License Application.

(Please call ahead for an appointment for getting a Marriage License)

Vermont has a process in which anyone (well, almost anyone) may become a temporary officiant to marry.  Follow this link to find out how.

To find out more about getting married in Vermont, check out these FAQs from the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office.

The Vershire Trash Bag Punch Card

The Town of Vershire has moved to a utilizing a Punch Card program for discarding solid waste.    A punch card is $20 per card and has 20 $1 dollar punches.  A small white kitchen garbage bag is 1 punch ($1), a green size (30-33 gal size) is 3 punches ($3) and a contractor bag, 6 punches ($6).  We still accept green bags, if you have them, but they are no longer sold to the public at large and have mostly been phased out.

Punch Cards: 

One Regular Sized Trash Bag (Vershire green trash bag size) – 3 Punches

One Small Sized Kitchen Bag – 1 Punch

One Large Contractor size bag – 6 Punches

Residents bring their trash bags and recycling to the Durgin Hill Fast Trash location located at 15 Durgin Hill Road every Saturday morning from 7:00am to 12:00pm.

Recycling Saturdays

Recycling consists of two separate streams: 1) mixed paper media (cardboard/office paper/junk mail), and 2) glass, metal and plastic food containers.

The Durgin Hill site accepts food scraps, as required by Vermont law and Act 149, Vermont’s Universal Recycling law.