Town and village offices on the East End

The East End has three town governments and the seven villages covered here, and which one handles a task depends on your address. Towns run trash, rental permits and the clerk’s licenses; villages run their own zoning and sometimes their own rules on trash and rentals. Sag Harbor sits in two towns at once. The table gives the clerk’s address and number for each. If you are still choosing a place, see year-round rentals by town.

The three towns

The Southampton Town Clerk issues state licenses and permits, including marriage, dog, conservation (hunting and fishing), games of chance and parking for people with disabilities, and performs marriages by appointment. East Hampton’s Town Clerk lists beach parking, beach driving, shellfish and recycling permits, marriage licenses, peddler and taxi licenses, dog licenses, contractor licenses and vital records. For trash, see the permit guide; for rentals, see rental permits.

The villages

Sagaponack’s fiscal year begins June 1, and its village tax bills go out at the end of May, according to the village clerk’s page. The villages are inside the towns, so you may deal with both. For example, the Village of East Hampton has no garbage pickup and sends residents to the Town Clerk for a recycling permit.

Who handles what

• Voting: the Suffolk County Board of Elections; see voter registration.
• Licenses and permits: the Town Clerk, plus village clerks for village permits.
• Emergency alerts: see alerts.
• Library cards: each library sets its own rules; see libraries.