Erie County Clerk

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county clerk office elected office public office

The Erie County Clerk is the elected official responsible for maintaining public records, processing legal documents, and overseeing motor vehicle and licensing services in Erie County, New York.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Erie County Clerk canonical	3
Erie County Clerk’s Office, Buffalo, New York	1
Erie County Department of Motor Vehicles offices	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T517556 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Erie County Clerk
Context triple: [Kathleen Courtney, positionHeld, Erie County Clerk]

A. Westchester County Executive
The Westchester County Executive is the chief elected official responsible for overseeing the administration and operations of Westchester County in New York.
B. Jackson County Executive
The Jackson County Executive is the chief elected official responsible for overseeing the administration and executive functions of Jackson County, Missouri.
C. Erie County, New York
Erie County, New York is a populous county in western New York State that includes the city of Buffalo and several large suburbs.
D. Comptroller of New York
The Comptroller of New York is the state’s independently elected chief fiscal officer, responsible for overseeing government finances, auditing public agencies, and managing the state’s pension fund.
E. New York City Comptroller
The New York City Comptroller is the independently elected chief financial officer and auditor responsible for overseeing the city’s budget, finances, and pension funds.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Erie County Clerk
Target entity description: The Erie County Clerk is the elected official responsible for maintaining public records, processing legal documents, and overseeing motor vehicle and licensing services in Erie County, New York.

A. Westchester County Executive
The Westchester County Executive is the chief elected official responsible for overseeing the administration and operations of Westchester County in New York.
B. Jackson County Executive
The Jackson County Executive is the chief elected official responsible for overseeing the administration and executive functions of Jackson County, Missouri.
C. Erie County, New York
Erie County, New York is a populous county in western New York State that includes the city of Buffalo and several large suburbs.
D. Comptroller of New York
The Comptroller of New York is the state’s independently elected chief fiscal officer, responsible for overseeing government finances, auditing public agencies, and managing the state’s pension fund.
E. New York City Comptroller
The New York City Comptroller is the independently elected chief financial officer and auditor responsible for overseeing the city’s budget, finances, and pension funds.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	county clerk office ⓘ elected office ⓘ public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Erie County, New York ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Erie County Executive ⓘ Erie County Legislature ⓘ New York State Department of Motor Vehicles ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
electorate	voters of Erie County, New York ⓘ
governmentBranch	local government ⓘ
governmentDomain	erie.gov ⓘ
hasOfficeAt	Erie County Clerk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Erie County Clerk’s Office, Buffalo, New York
hasWebsite	https://www2.erie.gov/clerk/ ⓘ
jurisdiction	Erie County, New York ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalBasis	New York County Law ⓘ New York State Constitution ⓘ
locatedIn	Buffalo ⓘ surface form: Buffalo, New York Erie County, New York ⓘ U.S. state of New York ⓘ surface form: State of New York
officeType	county-level office ⓘ
oversees	Erie County Clerk’s Office staff ⓘ Erie County Clerk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Erie County Department of Motor Vehicles offices
partOf	Erie County, New York ⓘ surface form: Erie County government
position	Erie County Clerk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
positionHeldBy	Michael P. Kearns ⓘ
responsibleFor	DMV operations in Erie County ⓘ archival of historical records ⓘ assumed name certificates ⓘ business certificates filing ⓘ civil court records ⓘ county clerk records ⓘ deeds ⓘ driver licenses processing ⓘ land records ⓘ license plate issuance ⓘ liens ⓘ maintaining public records ⓘ mortgages ⓘ motor vehicle services ⓘ notary public records ⓘ passport application acceptance ⓘ processing legal documents ⓘ recording legal documents ⓘ vehicle registrations ⓘ
selectionMethod	popular election ⓘ
state	New York ⓘ
subordinateTo	laws of the State of New York ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kathleen Courtney → positionHeld → Erie County Clerk ⓘ

Erie County Clerk → position → Erie County Clerk self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Michael P. Kearns

Erie County Clerk → oversees → Erie County Clerk self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Erie County Department of Motor Vehicles offices

Erie County Clerk → hasOfficeAt → Erie County Clerk self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Erie County Clerk’s Office, Buffalo, New York

Michael P. Kearns → positionHeld → Erie County Clerk ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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