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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Tompkins 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 Tompkins county, New York.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Tompkins county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Tompkins 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 Tompkins county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Tompkins county, New York allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Tompkins 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 Tompkins 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: |
| Tim Joseph | Chair, County Legislature, District | joseph@tompkins-co.org |
| Barbara Blanchard | County Legislator, District 1 | |
| Richard Booth | County Legislator, District 3 | |
| Katherine Herrera | County Legislator, District 5 | |
| Dooley Kiefer | County Legislator, District 10 | |
| Michael Koplinka-Loehr | County Legislator, District 11 | |
| Michael Lane | County Legislator, District 14 | |
| Leslyn McBean | County Legislator, District 2 | |
| Peter Penniman | County Legislator, District 15 | |
| Frank Proto | County Legislator, District 7 | |
| Martha Robertson | County Legislator, District 13 | |
| Nancy Schuler | County Legislator, District 4 | |
| Thomas Todd | County Legislator, District 6 | |
| George Totman | County Legislator, District 9 | |
| Daniel Winch | County Legislator, District 8 | |
| George Dentes | District Attorney | |
| Peter Meskill | Sheriff | |
| Aurora Valenti | County Clerk | avalenti@tompkins-co.org |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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