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County Courthouse
163 Arsenal Street
Watertown, NY 13601-2528
Phone: (315) 785-3000
Fax: (315) 785-5070
www.co.jefferson.ny.us

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:


If Jefferson 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 Jefferson county, New York.

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

To solve this problem Jefferson county, New York allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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: 
Robert ThomasChair, Board of Legislators, Distri 
Jennie AdsitCounty Legislator, District 14 
Michael BehlingCounty Legislator, District 10 
Kenneth BlankenbushCounty Legislator, District 5 
Robert BoiceCounty Legislator, District 11raboice@earthlink.net
Kent BurtoCounty Legislator, District 7 
Gary FikesCounty Legislator, District 4 
Carolyn FitzpatrickCounty Legislator, District 12 
Scott GrayCounty Legislator, District 13 
Kathleen LaClairCounty Legislator 
James NabywaniecCounty Legislator, District 8 
Barry OrmsbyCounty Legislator, District 9 
Philip Reed Sr.County Legislator, District 3 
James St. CroixCounty Legislator, District 15 
Gino ZandoCounty Legislator, District 6 
Cindy IntschertDistrict Attorney 
John BurnsSheriff 
Nancy BrownCounty Treasurernancyb@co.jefferson.ny.us
Jo WilderCounty Clerkjoannw@co.jefferson.ny.us

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