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Displaying 27 Finding Aids
Title
- New York State Office of Real Property Services archived websites
Series Number
- B2184
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the Office of Real Property Services, which became part of the Department of Taxation and Finance in mid-2010. In 2011, this site was removed from the live Web and its content was incorporated into the main website of the Department of Taxation and Finance.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Real Property Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Ulster County (N.Y.) tax assessment rolls
Series Number
- A4437
Summary
- Tax assessment rolls in this series indicate the properties in each town assessed for taxation, property owner, quantity and value of land, amount of taxes, and certificate of authorization by the governing body of the county. Beginning in 1887, tax rolls also include school district numbers, abutting properties, acreage, receipt number, and the date of tax payment.
Creator
- Ulster (N.Y. : County). Treasurer's Office. Tax Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Drafts for tax assessment rolls of real and personal estates in Clinton County (N.Y.)
Series Number
- B1805
Summary
- This series consists of drafts of town assessment rolls prepared for county treasurers by tax assessors. Information includes name of possessor of real or personal property; description of real estate (acreage, farm, mill, tannery, etc.); value of real estate; value of personal estate; and total assessed value. Also included is a printed 1798 set of instructions to assistant assessors from United States Government relating to federal taxes.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of unpaid taxes assessed on non-resident lands
Series Number
- 11276
Summary
- This series contains accounts of unpaid taxes on lands owned by non-residents. Through 1893 the records cover all counties except New York (Manhattan); after 1893 only Forest Preserve counties are represented. The accounts were prepared by the town tax collectors, certified as accurate by the county treasurer, and forwarded to the state comptroller for filing. Accounts list parcels owned by non-residents on which taxes were unpaid, and show the acreage, 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 this material.
Title
- New York State Assembly Task Force on School Finance and Real Property hearing transcripts
Series Number
- L0146
Summary
- This series contains transcripts and statements from hearings on legislative options for establishing new real property tax systems in New York State. The testimony includes information on how the existing system affects commercial interests, the impact on the State's economy of shifting taxes from commercial to residential property, options for a classification system that provides tax relief for taxpayers, and whether these systems would be uniform across the state or adjust to local conditions.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Task Force on School Finance and Real Property Taxation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Notices of local assessments of state property for local improvements
Series Number
- A1341
Summary
- By a law of 1894, a person, body, or board in a locality was authorized to assess lands for local improvements and file a written notice with the comptroller. These notices were then audited by the comptroller and paid out through the treasurer. These records consist of notices of local assessments on state property made for the purpose of local improvements on state land.
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
- Affidavits of publication of tax sale and redemption notices
Series Number
- B0931
Summary
- This series documents the announcement of pending tax-sales and redemptions of lands. Included are affidavits of publication of tax sale and redemption notices for land to be sold for taxes; county treasurers' receipts; notices of mortgage liens on land to be sold for taxes; published lists of lands to be sold; lists of newspapers publishing the notices; and lists of people receiving the notices. Also included are a map and tax assessment lists for draining a marsh in Madison County.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Daybooks of tax payments
Series Number
- B1608
Summary
- This series of daybooks ("tax diaries") documents daily receipts of delinquent taxes paid to the comptroller during the grace period prior to the sale of the property for unpaid taxes. Each entry shows the years taxes are owed; name and address of person paying tax; county and lot or tract; date and amount paid, by type and total; and the page number on which the amount owed is recorded in series B0848, Registers of Unpaid Taxes on Non-Resident Lands.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register of occupied lands in Erie County sold as non-resident lands in tax sales of 1826-1885
Series Number
- B1620
Summary
- This volume was apparently created by the Erie County Guaranteed Search Company and submitted to the State Comptroller. An accompanying memorandum indicates that the volume documents occupied or resident lands in Erie County mistakenly sold as unoccupied or non-resident lands for unpaid taxes in the tax-sales of 1826-1885. The memorandum further indicates that the signers wish to make application to the comptroller for redemption of all lots listed that had not already been cancelled or redeemed.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Daybook of tax and redemption payments to county treasurers
Series Number
- B1609
Summary
- In 1850, the legislature transferred the function of selling and conveying land for unpaid taxes to the county treasurers. The comptroller continued to receive copies of lists of unpaid non-resident taxes and of lands redeemed and finally conveyed. In 1855 the legislature restored the former system of comptroller's sales of non-resident lands. This register records tax and redemption payments made to county treasurers for overdue taxes on non-resident lands.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Assemblyman G. Oliver Koppell subject files
Series Number
- L0018
Summary
- Files of Assemblyman G. Oliver Koppell contain correspondence, memorandums, printed materials, reports, draft legislation, and hearing testimony related to issues of interest or concern to the assemblyman, particularly in his role as chairman of the Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions. Topics addressed include the Metropolitan Transit Authority, prison reform, real property and taxation, school financing, bank redlining, and the East Hudson Parkway Authority.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Assemblyman (1971-1982 : G. Oliver Koppell)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Registers of unpaid taxes on non-resident lands
Series Number
- B0848
Summary
- Volumes in this series contain detailed information regarding unpaid taxes on non-resident lands: town, lot number, description, assessed value, amount of unpaid tax, date of sale, person making payment, and amount paid. Abstracted information, apparently used to prepare lists of lands available for tax sales, is also included: years of unpaid taxes; owner; description and location of property; acreage or lot size; and amount owed for each year.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register of applications for cancellations of tax sales
Series Number
- B1616
Summary
- This volume lists information gathered from applications for cancellations of tax-sales. All of the applications were made in 1885 for tax-sales held as early as 1866. Information given for each entry includes name of applicant; date of application; description of land; tax-sale year; ground of application; and remarks. Grounds for cancellation frequently include failure of the assessors to certify assessment rolls; failure of the State Comptroller's office to follow proper notification procedures; and other reasons technical in nature.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Correspondence and subject files relating to real property assessment, equalization, and taxation
Series Number
- 15941
Summary
- This series contains documents from the Dept. of Taxation office of agency counsel relating to real property tax exemptions; utility property tax exemptions; utility property assessments; appeals of local assessments; equalization rates (county and state); pending legislation on real property taxation and assessment; training and standards for local assessors; special investigations; special franchise hearings (ca. 1910-1941); and tax certiorari proceedings.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Taxation and Finance. Law Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Forest lands aerial photographs
Series Number
- 18113
Summary
- 26,000 aerial photographs of state-owned forest lands including. of the Adirondack, Catskill , Allegany , and Palisades parks, and Southern Tier counties. Used to determine boundaries of forest lands and forest types for the appraisal of taxable forest lands, the. ordinary film depicts foliage uniformly in gray. Black and white infrared photos depict foliage in varying shades to identify softwood, hardwood, softwood, and mixed timber stands, and locate trees that have damage from acid precipitation or insect or fungal infestation
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Real Property Services. State-owned Lands Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Registers of cancelled tax-sales
Series Number
- B1615
Summary
- This series provides summary information on cancellation of tax sales held to sell lands for unpaid taxes. While tax-sales for as early as 1800 are referred to, and a few cancellations are included for as late as 1946, the cancellations generally date from 1818-circa 1930. Usual causes for cancellation include errors in tax assessment, mistakes in payment records before the tax-sale, and redemption payments made after the tax-sale was completed.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Receipts for payment and certificates of commutation of quit rents
Series Number
- B1612
Summary
- Quit rents were a remnant of feudal dues that were levied during both the colonial and early statehood periods. Quit rents were very unpopular and were finally abolished by the Constitution of 1846. This series consists of certificates (printed forms) that document payments and commutation of annual quit rents. Type of information provided is consistent throughout the series, including patent number; payee; patentee; lot number or other description; acreage; amount, interest, and total paid; and date of certificate.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Annual schedules of real property taxes levied by county boards of supervisors/legislators
Series Number
- 13322
Summary
- Annual schedules are required to be filed with the State Comptroller's Office according to Article 3, Section 30, subsection 4 of the State General Municipal Law, and are submitted on forms provided by that office. Each schedule contains a detailed itemization of the current tax levy for the county and is broken down according to types of taxes and evaluations (general, highway, water, sales, etc.). Some schedules are accompanied by letters of transmittal, related ordinances, copies of the county budget, or other items.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control. Bureau of Municipal Research and Statistics
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Registers of rejected property descriptions
Series Number
- B0849
Summary
- This series consists of registers describing non-resident property on which taxes were owed which the Comptroller's Office "rejected" because the descriptions were incomplete, inconsistent, inaccurate or for another technical reasons. The descriptions were used to produce accurate lists of lands to be advertised for sale. Reasons for rejection are stated in the margin in red ink. Descriptions may include a brief description of property; location; acreage; valuation; taxes owed or type of tax owed.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Name index of landowners with unpaid taxes in Sullivan County
Series Number
- B1627
Summary
- This series lists names of persons owning land in Sullivan County for which taxes were unpaid for the tax years 1924-1926. Each entry includes only the name of the property owner and a reference number. The source to which the number refers is unknown.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.