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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer county, New York.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Rensselaer county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Rensselaer county, New York allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer 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: |
| Kathleen Jimino | County Executive | |
| Neil Kelleher | Chair, County Legislature, District | nkelleher@rensco.com |
| Laura Bauer | County Legislator, District 1 | lbauer@rensco.com |
| James Brearton | County Legislator, District 1 | jbrearton@rensco.com |
| Stan Brownell | County Legislator, District 5 | sbrownell@rensco.com |
| William Dedrick | County Legislator, District 2 | wdedrick@rensco.com |
| Peter Durkee | County Legislator, District 1 | pdurkee@rensco.com |
| Keith Hammond | County Legislator, District 2 | khammond@rensco.com |
| Kenneth Herrington | County Legislator, District 3 | kherrington@rensco.com |
| Nancy McHugh | County Legislator, District 1 | nmchugh@rensco.com |
| Robert Mirch | County Legislator, District 1 | rmirch@rensco.com |
| James Monahan Jr. | County Legislator, District 5 | jmonahan@rensco.com |
| Virginia O'Brien | County Legislator, District 2 | |
| Martin Reid | County Legislator, District 4 | mreid@rensco.com |
| Richard Salisbury | County Legislator, District 4 | rsalisbury@rensco.com |
| Michael Stammel | County Legislator, District 6 | mstammel@rensco.com |
| Edward Swartz | County Legislator, District 4 | eswartz@rensco.com |
| Margaret Van Deusen | County Legislator, District 4 | mvandeusen@rensco.com |
| Thomas Walsh Sr. | County Legislator, District 3 | twalsh@rensco.com |
| Joseph Wright | County Legislator, District 2 | jwright@rensco.com |
| Patricia Deangelis | District Attorney | |
| Jack Mahar | Sheriff | |
| Frank Merola | County Clerk | |
| Lawerence Bugbee | Election Commissioner |
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