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Cayuga County
Cayuga County
Cayuga County is in the Finger Lakes region, anchored by Auburn (county seat and largest city) on the north end of Owasco Lake. The economy mixes manufacturing (Currier Plastics, Welch Allyn legacy), Auburn Correctional Facility, agriculture and dairy, healthcare, and Finger Lakes wine and tourism. The County Clerk's office is at 160 Genesee Street.
Property in Cayuga
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Cayuga.
Cayuga is an affordable Finger Lakes market with strong lake-frontage demand on Owasco, Cayuga, and Skaneateles.
- STAR / Enhanced STAR, senior, veteran, agricultural, and historic-preservation exemptions apply.
- Property tax cycle: school bills September; county/town bills January.
- City of Auburn assessments and equalization rates vary by municipality.
- Tax-foreclosure redemption under RPTL Article 11 (two-year window).
- Foreclosure surplus rights under RPAPL § 1361.
- Watch for shoreline regulations, septic-replacement requirements, and FEMA flood zones along the lakes.
Investing in Cayuga.
Cayuga offers low entry prices, lake-frontage upside, and steady rental demand in Auburn.
- Tax-foreclosure auctions run by the County Treasurer (annual, online).
- Judicial foreclosure auctions held at the Cayuga County Courthouse.
- Land records search via Cayuga County Clerk online records.
- Real Property Services parcel lookup.
- NYSCEF case search for lis pendens.
- Watch for agricultural assessments, lake-shore zoning, and Auburn historic-district restrictions.
After a Cayuga foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Cayuga uses New York's judicial foreclosure process and runs in rem tax foreclosure under RPTL Article 11.
- Mortgage foreclosures filed in Supreme Court, 7th 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.
- Post-Tyler v. Hennepin reforms require return of tax-foreclosure surplus to former owner.
- Notices published in The Citizen (Auburn).
Courts and records in Cayuga.
- Cayuga County Courthouse — 152 Genesee Street, Auburn, NY 13021 — 7th Judicial District
- Cayuga County Office Building — 160 Genesee Street, Auburn (County Clerk)
- Supreme Court & County Court — Cayuga County Courthouse
- Family Court — 152 Genesee Street, Auburn
- Surrogate's Court — 152 Genesee Street, Auburn
- 7th Judicial District (Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Yates)
- Appellate Division, 4th Department — 50 East Avenue, Rochester
- County Clerk — 160 Genesee Street, Auburn — (315) 253-1271 — cayugacounty.us
- Real Property Services — 160 Genesee Street — (315) 253-1270
- County Treasurer — 160 Genesee Street — (315) 253-1211
- Sheriff — 7445 County House Road, Auburn — (315) 253-1132