Sportsmen’s Licenses

A variety of sporting licenses are available throughout the year at the Town Clerk’s Office and electronically from Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

In order to obtain a hunting, combination fishing/hunting or trapping license you must present either a Department of Environmental Protection Firearms Safety Certificate or a previous Connecticut resident hunting, combination fishing/hunting or trapping license which is less than five years old.

Fishing licenses are required for anyone 16 years old or older.

2023 Hunting guides are available online from Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. 2023 Fishing guides are also available online from Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

Lost License

A lost or destroyed license may be replaced for no charge from the Windsor Town Clerk’s Office or from the DEEP website. NOTE: You will need to know your Conservation ID number when you are reprinting licenses from the DEEP website.

**Handicapped License – CGS Sec. 26-29b – provides a free hunting and/or fishing license to individuals who have permanently lost the use of a limb. These licenses are available at town clerk offices. Non-residents are eligible for this free license if their state provides the same privilege to Connecticut residents. Verification of the disability, signed by a licensed physician, must be presented.

Liquor Licenses

Establishments seeking to obtain a liquor license need to apply for one with the State Liquor Control Commission, which is a division of the CT Department of Consumer Protection. The liquor license application requires the signature of several town officials. Once final approval of the liquor permit is issued by the Liquor Control Commission, the owner of the establishment must then record the permit in the Town Clerk’s Office. Fee for recording the permit is $20.00.

For more information on applying for a liquor license, contact the Liquor Control Division at 860-713-6210.

Trade Name Certificates

Any person conducting business under any assumed name shall file a TRADE NAME CERTIFICATE in the town or city they are conducting and transacting business in.

• All individuals authorized to sign on behalf of the business must appear before a Notary Public, Town Clerk or any other persons authorized by law to acknowledge your signature.
• The trade name filing requirement does NOT apply to:
  • Partnerships, if the partnership name contains the true last name of at least one of the persons comprising said partnership.
  • Limited partnerships which have registered with the Secretary of State;
  • Limited liability companies which have registered with the Secretary of State

The fee for filing a Trade Name Certificate in the Town Clerk’s Office is $10.00. The Trade Name Certificate may also be notarized in the Clerk’s Office for an additional $5.00.

• Trade Name Certificate Form for Individuals
• Trade Name Certificate Form for Corporations
• Dissoultion Certificate

For additional information please refer to the statute below:

Connecticut General Statute Concerning Trade Names

Sec. 35-1. Use of fictitious business names. Prohibitions and exceptions. Penalty. Unfair trade practices. (a) No person, except as provided in this subsection, shall conduct or transact business in this state, under any assumed name, or under any designation, name or style, corporate or otherwise, other than the real name or names of the person or persons conducting or transacting such business, unless there has been filed, in the office of the town clerk in the town in which such business is or is to be conducted or transacted, a certificate stating the name under which such business is or is to be conducted or transacted and the full name and post-office address of each person conducting or transacting such business or, in the case of a corporation or limited liability company using such an assumed name, its full name and principal post-office address. Such certificate shall be executed by all of such persons or, in the case of a corporation or limited liability company, by an authorized officer thereof, and acknowledged before an authority qualified to administer oaths. Each town clerk shall keep an alphabetical index of the names of all persons filing such certificates and of all names or styles assumed as provided in this subsection and, for the indexing and filing of each such certificate, shall receive the statutory filing fee for documents established in section 7- 34a, to be paid by the person filing such certificate. A copy of any such certificate, certified by the town clerk in whose office the same has been filed, shall be presumptive evidence, in all courts in this state, of the facts contained in such certificate. The provisions of this subsection shall not prevent the lawful use of a partnership name or designation if such partnership name or designation includes the true surname of at least one of the persons composing such partnership. This subsection shall not apply to: (1) Any limited partnership, as defined in section 34-9, provided such limited partnership (A) has (i) filed a certificate as provided for in section 34-10, or (ii) registered with the Secretary of the State as provided in section 34-38g and (B) conducts or transacts business under the name stated in the certificate or registered with the Secretary of the State, or (2) any limited liability company, as defined in section 34-101, provided such limited liability company (A) has (i) filed articles of organization as provided for in section 34- 120, or (ii) registered with the Secretary of the State as provided in section 34-223 and (B) conducts or transacts business under the name stated in the articles of organization or registered with the Secretary of the State. Any person conducting or transacting business in violation of the provisions of this subsection shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year. Failure to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be deemed to be an unfair or deceptive trade practice under subsection (a) of section 42-110b.

(b) No person shall use, in any printed advertisement, an assumed or fictitious name for the conduct of such person’s business that includes the name of any municipality in this state in such a manner as to suggest that such person’s business is located in such municipality unless: (1) Such person’s business is, in fact, located in such municipality; or (2) such person includes in any such printed advertisement the complete street address of the location from which such person’s business is actually conducted, including the city or town and, if located outside of Connecticut, the state in which such person’s business is located. This subsection shall not apply to the use of (A) any trademark or service mark registered under the laws of this state or under federal law, (B) any such name that, when applied to the goods or services of such person’s business, is merely descriptive of them, or (C) any such name that is merely a surname. A violation of the provisions of this subsection by a person conducting business under an assumed or fictitious name that includes the name of a municipality in this state shall be deemed an unfair or deceptive trade practice under subsection (a) of section 42-110b. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to impose any liability on any publisher that relies on the written assurances of a person placing such printed advertisement that such person has authority to use any such assumed or fictitious name.