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Allegany County
Allegany County
Allegany County sits in New York's Southern Tier along the Pennsylvania border, anchored by Belmont (county seat) and Wellsville (largest community). The economy mixes Alfred University and Alfred State College, dairy farming, oil and gas, light manufacturing, and forestry. The County Clerk runs records out of the Belmont courthouse complex.
Property in Allegany
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Allegany.
Allegany is a low-cost rural Southern Tier market.
- STAR / Enhanced STAR, senior, veteran, agricultural, and forest-tax exemptions apply.
- Property tax cycle: school bills September; county/town bills January.
- Equalization rates vary widely by town.
- Tax-foreclosure redemption under RPTL Article 11 (two-year window).
- Foreclosure surplus rights under RPAPL § 1361.
- Aging housing stock and oil/gas mineral-rights questions are common.
Investing in Allegany.
Allegany offers very low entry prices and modest rental demand around Alfred University and Wellsville.
- Tax-foreclosure auctions run by the County Treasurer (typically once per year, often online).
- Judicial foreclosure auctions held at the Allegany County Courthouse, Belmont.
- Land records search via Allegany County Clerk records portal.
- Real Property Tax Service parcel lookup.
- NYSCEF case search for lis pendens.
- Watch for oil/gas leases, agricultural assessments, and FEMA flood zones along the Genesee River.
After a Allegany foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Allegany uses New York's judicial foreclosure process and runs in rem tax foreclosure under RPTL Article 11.
- Mortgage foreclosures filed in Supreme Court, 8th Judicial District.
- Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale executed by court-appointed Referee.
- Surplus money proceedings under RPAPL § 1361.
- County Treasurer holds annual tax-foreclosure auction (historically via Auctions International).
- Post-Tyler v. Hennepin reforms require return of tax-foreclosure surplus to former owner.
Courts and records in Allegany.
- Allegany County Courthouse — 7 Court Street, Belmont, NY 14813 — 8th Judicial District
- Supreme Court & County Court — Allegany County Courthouse
- Family Court — 7 Court Street, Belmont
- Surrogate's Court — 7 Court Street, Belmont
- 8th Judicial District (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming)
- Appellate Division, 4th Department — 50 East Avenue, Rochester
- County Clerk — 7 Court Street, Room 18, Belmont — (585) 268-9270 — alleganyco.gov
- Real Property Tax Service — 7 Court Street — (585) 268-9290
- County Treasurer — 7 Court Street, Room 134 — (585) 268-9289
- Sheriff — 4884 State Route 19, Belmont — (585) 268-9203