This series consists of Register's statements on mortgage foreclosure cases handled by the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor respectively. Each contains totals of bills filed for mortgage foreclosure, decrees issued for sale of mortgaged premises, and sales conducted. Also included is an alphabetical case list enumerating the complainant, defendant, costs allowed by the court and the decree amount awarded. Entries for cases in which a sale actually took place include the property's sale amount and the total costs in the case.
Creator
New York (State). Court of Chancery. Chancery Fund
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Court of Chancery register's minutes of foreclosure decrees
Series Number
J1049
Summary
This series contains copies of decrees issued by the Chancellor authorizing the sale of land in mortgage foreclosure cases. The minute books were created by the Register, whose office was in Albany.
Creator
New York (State). Court of Chancery
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This series consists of an alphabetical listing of mortgages filed with the Register and serves as a partial index to Series J4061, New York State Court of Chancery Mortgages Filed in Register's Office. The rules of the court required the Master involved in a mortgage foreclosure case to file the mortgages on all properties sold under a decree or order of the Chancellor with the Register or Assistant Register. Each entry in this series contains the names of mortgagor and mortgagee and the date of filing.
Creator
New York (State). Court of Chancery
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New York State Engineer and Surveyor books of sales of state land
Series Number
A4002
Summary
This series consists of volumes recording sales of lands in tracts, military lots, Indian reservations, as well as sales of land for foreclosures of mortgages and arrearages of interest.
Creator
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
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This series contains copies of decrees issued by the Vice Chancellors of the 4th, 7th, and 8th Circuits authorizing the sale of land in mortgage foreclosure cases. Each decree contains the following information: date and location of the hearing during which the decree was issued; names of the complainant, defendant, and Master investigating the case; date the Master's report was filed; amount of the mortgage and, if partially paid, amount outstanding; and description of the land to be sold.
Creator
New York (State). Court of Chancery
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This series consists of a single volume entitled, "Lands Bought in for the State on the Foreclosure of Mortgages" [Commissioners for Loaning Certain Monies of the U.S.]. The volume contains #283-#786 of mortgages foreclosed. Each record includes the mortgagee's name, lots affected, a brief description, county, amount, foreclosure date, resale, and amount.
Creator
New York (State). Department of State
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Scrapbook of legal notices of mortgage foreclosure sales
Series Number
B0612
Summary
This series consists of a scrapbook of legal notices of the sale of real property mortgaged to the State of New York and put up for sale by the Attorney General or the State Engineer and Surveyor after the mortgagors defaulted. Also included are letters to the Attorney General pertaining to the sales.
Creator
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
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New York State Engineer and Surveyor certificates and bonds for sales of state land
Series Number
A4003
Summary
The series consists of certificates and bonds for original land sales (sometimes including descriptions of lands purchased), conditional resale of lands, and for lands obtained after foreclosure of mortgages.
Creator
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.