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John H. Hazlett Building
203 Lake Street
Elmira, NY 14901-3108
Phone: (607) 737-2912
Fax: (607) 737-0351
www.chemungcounty.com

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:


If Chemung county, New York is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.

Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Chemung county, New York.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Chemung county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Chemung county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.

The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Chemung county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Chemung county, New York allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Chemung county, New York lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on New York laws and competition, savvy Chemung county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with New York tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with New York tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:


Name:  Position:  Email: 
Thomas SantulliCounty Executivetsantulli@co.chemung.ny.us
Cornelius MillikenChair, County Legislature, Districtcmilliken@co.chemung.ny.us
Theodore BennettCounty Legislator, District 10 
Donna DraxlerCounty Legislator, District 14 
Charles GedatusCounty Legislator, District 4 
Sidney GraubardCounty Legislator, District 5ssg2@juno.com
Richard GundermanCounty Legislator, District 6 
James LowmanCounty Legislator, District 13 
Kevin McInernyCounty Legislator, District 11 
Richard MilazzoCounty Legislator, District 12 
Daniel O'BrienCounty Legislator, District 2 
John Pastrick Jr.County Legislator, District 1 
Sheldon RobinsonCounty Legislator 
Paul SeidelCounty Legislator, District 9 
L. Thomas SweetCounty Legislator, District 3 
Daniel WoodardCounty Legislator, District 8 
John TriceDistrict Attorneyjtrice@co.chemung.ny.us
Joseph Sartori IIICounty Treasurerjsartori@co.chemung.ny.us
Catherine HughesCounty Clerkchughes@co.chemung.ny.us

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