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Displaying 99 Finding Aids
Title
- Newspaper notices of tax sales
Series Number
- A1396
Summary
- This series consists of notices published by county treasurers giving town, patent or other subdivision, lot number, description of parcel, owner's name, and amount of back taxes due. Included are notices for Oswego, Niagara, Rockland, Ulster, and Sullivan Counties, for various years. Clippings are on newsprint and are badly deteriorated.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Outgoing correspondence relating to land taxes
Series Number
- A1357
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence from the Deputy Comptroller and the Comptroller with state and local officials such as Commissioners of the Land Office and County Treasurers, and private individuals. Relating to land taxes, the correspondence discusses surveys prior to taxation, amount of taxes due, notices of unpaid taxes, and other references to laws and regulations regarding land that the Comptroller was in charge of fulfilling.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Indexes to applications for redemption of lands from tax sales
Series Number
- A1409
Summary
- This series consists of name indexes to applications for redemption of lands from tax sales. Information includes name of applicant, county, and date. Also included are indexes to cancellations of tax sales giving location of parcel, a name (presumably owner or occupant), a date, and remarks about cancellation of tax sale or redemption of parcel.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Statement of lands sold for taxes
Series Number
- B0954
Summary
- This series consists of a published list of lands sold by the Comptroller for unpaid taxes. Each entry gives the sale certificate number; a brief description of the parcel sold; the acres sold; the name of the purchaser; the amount of the bid; and to whom the parcel was conveyed.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- County treasurers' statements of non-resident lands sold for unpaid taxes
Series Number
- B0940
Summary
- This series contains statements that list lands of non-residents sold by county treasurers for unpaid taxes. Each statement gives the lot number; description of the parcel sold; acreage; name of the purchaser; number of acres sold; and amount received by the county treasurer.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to Comptroller's tax sale records
Series Number
- B0983
Summary
- This series consists of indexes to unidentified comptroller's tax sale records. Information includes tract names and (apparently) purchaser names, with page numbers next to each name. Also included is an alphabetical index to tract name (with lots on parcels entered under each tract). The reference for each entry is to an "old" number, a "new" number, or a "case" number. Several additional volumes include lists of personal or tract names, accompanied by unexplained numeric references.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Legal documentation relating to quit rents
Series Number
- A1227
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of correspondence, certificates, affidavits, copies of maps of land grants, surveys of patents and a list of persons forced to quit their farms for failure to pay quit rents. Most records are certificates and affidavits attesting to the amount of taxes due on real estate, ownership of land patents and lots, and remissions from quit rent. Also included are surveys of land patents and maps depicting lots and patents subject to quit rents.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Department of Audit and Control accounts of taxes on state lands
Series Number
- B0603
Summary
- This series contains schedules of state-owned taxable lots within the Adirondack Forest Preserve and the Catskill Forest Preserve. Tax figures include school, highway, and special district taxes, and taxes rejected because of erroneous assessments. Individual lots are usually listed under the name of the patent or tract of which they are a part. Entries include lot number, location, acreage, assessed valuation, and tax amount. Entries also often include remarks such as "lumbered," "second growth," "burned," etc.).
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- County treasurers' returns of unpaid taxes on non-resident lands
Series Number
- B0941
Summary
- This series consists of returns listing parcels owned by non-residents who had not paid their taxes. Their property was subsequently sold in the tax sales. Each entry on a list states the parcel location, lot number, acreage, assessed value, and amount of tax due. Each list includes the town tax collector's affidavit that the taxes remain unpaid.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Applications to purchase state lands
Series Number
- A1381
Summary
- This series consists of applications that are sworn statements, giving name of applicant, date, parcel(s) description(s), and appraised value(s), with Treasurer's office payment receipts attached. Most applications are for the purchase of "Prison Lands" in the Old Military Tract in Franklin County. Also included are minutes of the Commissioners of the Land Office; miscellaneous deeds with related documents; and petition of John B. Van Allen for sale of certain parcels in Albany, with search and abstract.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- County treasurers' tax sales records
Series Number
- B0937
Summary
- This series includes e lists of the property redeemed from county treasurers' tax sales, receipts and other items.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Commission on the Real Property Tax meeting, hearing, and research files
Series Number
- 15604
Summary
- This series consists of the meeting, hearing, and research files of the Temporary State Commission on the Real Property Tax.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary State Commission on the Real Property Tax
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Resolution, agreements, and purchase list of the sale of college land scrip
Series Number
- A1297
Summary
- The Comptroller was authorized to sell land scrip for establishing a land grant college. This series records the names of individuals who purchased land scrip. Entries include, date the transaction was recorded, purchaser's name, residence, number of pieces of scrip purchased, total number of acres purchased, purchase price and scrip numbers. Also included are copies of agreements and contracts and resolutions made between the state and Ezra Cornell. These entries mostly pertain to the purchase of unsold scrip by Cornell.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Tax assessment roll for Town of Rochester, Ulster County
Series Number
- B0959
Summary
- This series is a copy of the original tax roll for the town of Rochester, filed in the Comptroller's office. Entries give the name of the taxable, assessed valuation, and the amount of tax.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Returns of arrears of United States direct tax
Series Number
- B0965
Summary
- This series documents the non-payment of the 1815 U.S. direct tax on real property in the eastern part of New York. The tax was collected by local officials and paid by the Comptroller to the U.S. Treasury. Each entry states the name of the delinquent taxable; his residence; name of occupant; location and description of lands; description of buildings thereon (houses, barns, mills, etc.); acreage taxed; assessed valuation; and amount of tax due.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- List of receipts relating to land patents
Series Number
- A1212
Summary
- This series from the Land Tax Bureau consists of lists of patents and their value. The lists appear to have been compiled by a county official and then submitted to the Auditor-General's Office. Information includes patent owners' name, value of patents and certificates and interest. The receipt is dated and includes the name of the person who compiled the list.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Legal documentation relating to state sales tax on land
Series Number
- A1376
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, forms, and legal notices relating to various aspects of the state's sales tax on land. The documentation contains information on: cancellation of sales tax for state land; nonresident taxes; applications to vacate, annul and set aside certain cancellations of tax sales and certificates; judgment rolls; referee reports; and notice, motion and proposed orders on specific cases.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Daybook relating to mortgage taxation
Series Number
- A1348
Summary
- This series contains lists of financial transactions relating to mortgaged lands. The mortgage insurance list includes mortgage number, policy amount and expiration date. The farms rented list includes county, mortgage number, rent, and amount paid. The list of foreclosures includes mortgage number, county, individuals, and actions related to foreclosure. The crops sold list contains county, mortgage number, name, and amount received. The final list, losses to capital of the United States Deposit Fund, identifies mortgage number, county, and amount.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- List of quit rents
Series Number
- A1351
Summary
- This series consists of a copy of a transcription from the original volume listing quit rents in New York State. Information includes patentee's name; grant date; number of acres; county in which situated; county in which now situated; and description of property in popular name.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.