Register of bids and payments for land sold for unpaid taxes
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- This series documents money received for sale of land for unpaid taxes. Information includes names of successful bidders and the amounts bid for each parcel, by county. Totaled at the bottom of the column is the amount bid, the amount paid and date of payment. Starting with the 1859 tax sale the entries also state the date when the purchaser received the certificate of payment.
Title
- Register of bids and payments for land sold for unpaid taxes
Quantity
- 5 cubic feet; 20 volumes
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
- B0845
Creator
Arrangement
Chronological by tax sale year, then alphabetical by last name of successful bidders.
Scope and Content Note
This series documents money received in the comptroller's sales of land for unpaid taxes. There is one book for each tax sale (held every few years for lands upon which taxes were overdue and unpaid for two years).
Each book contains names of successful bidders. In columns next to the names are entered the amounts bid for each parcel, by county. At the bottom of the column is totalled the amount bid, and next to it are entered the amount paid and date of payment. Starting with the 1859 tax sale the entries also state the date when the purchaser received the certificate of payment.
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