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Albany County
Albany County
Albany County is New York's capital region anchor, anchored by Albany (county seat and largest city). The economy mixes state government, higher education (UAlbany, Albany Med, Albany Law), nanotech (SUNY Polytechnic / GlobalFoundries-adjacent), healthcare, and biotech. The County Clerk (Bridget A. Fitzpatrick) is the recording officer and Clerk of the Supreme and County Courts.
Property in Albany
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Albany.
Albany is a stable Capital Region market with diversified state-government employment.
- STAR / Enhanced STAR exemption and senior, veteran, and disability exemptions apply.
- Property tax cycle: school bills typically September; county/town bills January.
- Equalization rates vary by city/town; the City of Albany reassesses periodically.
- Tax-foreclosure redemption under RPTL Article 11 (typically two-year window from lien date).
- Foreclosure surplus rights under RPAPL § 1361.
- Lead paint, ice damming, and aging-housing-stock issues common in older Albany neighborhoods.
Investing in Albany.
Albany offers stable Capital Region rental demand driven by state government and universities.
- Tax-foreclosure (in rem) auctions run by the County Treasurer / Department of Management & Budget.
- Judicial foreclosure auctions held at the Albany County Courthouse.
- Land records search via Albany County Clerk online records.
- Real Property Tax Services parcel lookup.
- NYSCEF case search for lis pendens / foreclosure tracking.
- Watch for rental registry, lead-paint compliance, and historic-district restrictions in the City of Albany.
After a Albany foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Albany uses New York's judicial foreclosure process under RPAPL Article 13 and runs in rem tax foreclosure under RPTL Article 11.
- Mortgage foreclosures filed in Supreme Court, 3rd Judicial District.
- Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale executed by court-appointed Referee under RPAPL § 1351.
- Surplus money proceedings filed under RPAPL § 1361 in the original action.
- Tax foreclosure by the County (or City of Albany separately for city parcels).
- Post-Tyler v. Hennepin reforms require return of tax-foreclosure surplus to former owner.
- Notices published in legal newspapers of record.
Courts and records in Albany.
- Albany County Courthouse — 16 Eagle Street, Albany, NY 12207 — 3rd Judicial District
- Albany County Judicial Center — 6 Lodge Street, Albany, NY 12207 (Family / Surrogate's)
- Supreme Court & County Court — Albany County Courthouse, 16 Eagle Street
- Family Court — 30 Clinton Avenue, Albany, NY 12207
- Surrogate's Court — 16 Eagle Street, Room 123
- 3rd Judicial District (Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster)
- Appellate Division, 3rd Department — Justice Building, Empire State Plaza, Albany
- County Clerk — Bridget A. Fitzpatrick — (518) 487-5100 — albanycounty.com
- Real Property Tax Service Agency — 112 State Street, Room 1340 — (518) 487-5291
- County Treasurer — 112 State Street, Room 800 — (518) 447-7070
- Sheriff — 16 Eagle Street — (518) 487-5400