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Rath Building
25 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14202-3926
Phone: (716) 858-7500
Fax: (716) 858-8411
www.erie.gov/

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:


If Erie 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 Erie county, New York.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Erie county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Erie 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 Erie county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Erie county, New York allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Erie 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 Erie 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: 
Joel GiambraCounty Executivehartleys@erie.gov
George Holt Jr.County Legislature, Chair, District 
Michele IannelloCounty Legislator, District 10 
Timothy KennedyCounty Legislator, District 2kennedy@erie.gov
Kathy KonstCounty Legislator, District 5 
Daniel KozubCounty Legislator, District 1 
Cynthia LocklearCounty Legislator, District 9 
Thomas LoughranCounty Legislator, District 14 
Lynn MarinelliCounty Legislator, District 11lynnm@buffnet.net
Thomas MazurCounty Legislator, District 8 
John MillsCounty Legislator, District 13 
Michael RanzenhoferCounty Legislator, District 4ranzenhofer@erie.gov
Robert Reynolds Jr.County Legislator, District 12 
Demone SmithCounty Legislator, District 7smith@erie.gov
Barry WeinsteinCounty Legislator, District 15drbarry15@erie.gov
Maria WhyteCounty Legislator, District 6 
Frank ClarkDistrict Attorney 
Patrick GallivanSheriff 
David SwartsCounty Clerkswartsd@bflo.co.erie.ny.us
John GreenanPersonnel Commissioner, District 9 

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