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Chemung County
Chemung County
Chemung County is in New York's Southern Tier, anchored by Elmira (county seat and largest city). The economy mixes Corning Inc.'s Sullivan Park R&D, Hardinge / precision manufacturing, Elmira Correctional Facility, healthcare (Arnot Ogden, Guthrie), and Mark Twain heritage tourism. The County Clerk operates from 210 Lake Street in Elmira.
Property in Chemung
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Chemung.
Chemung is an affordable Southern Tier market with diversified manufacturing and corrections employment.
- STAR / Enhanced STAR, senior, veteran, and disability exemptions apply.
- Property tax cycle: school bills September; county/town bills January.
- City of Elmira reassesses periodically; equalization rates vary.
- Tax-foreclosure redemption under RPTL Article 11 (two-year window).
- Foreclosure surplus rights under RPAPL § 1361.
- 1972 Hurricane Agnes flooding continues to shape FEMA flood maps along the Chemung River.
Investing in Chemung.
Chemung offers low entry prices and steady urban rental demand in Elmira plus Elmira College student housing.
- Tax-foreclosure auctions run by the County Treasurer (annual).
- Judicial foreclosure auctions held at the Chemung County Courthouse, Elmira.
- Land records search via Chemung County Clerk online records.
- Real Property parcel lookup at chemungcountyny.gov.
- NYSCEF case search for lis pendens.
- Watch for City of Elmira rental registry, lead-paint compliance, and Chemung River flood zones.
After a Chemung foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Chemung uses New York's judicial foreclosure process and runs in rem tax foreclosure under RPTL Article 11.
- Mortgage foreclosures filed in Supreme Court, 6th 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 Star-Gazette.
Courts and records in Chemung.
- Chemung County Courthouse — 224 Lake Street, Elmira, NY 14901 — 6th Judicial District
- Hazlett Building — 203–215 Lake Street, Elmira (County offices, Family/Surrogate)
- Supreme Court & County Court — Chemung County Courthouse
- Family Court — Hazlett Building
- Surrogate's Court — Hazlett Building
- 6th Judicial District (Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Otsego, Schuyler, Tioga, Tompkins)
- Appellate Division, 3rd Department — Justice Building, Empire State Plaza, Albany
- County Clerk — 210 Lake Street, Elmira — (607) 737-2920 — chemungcountyny.gov
- Real Property Department — 203 Lake Street — (607) 737-2989
- County Treasurer — 320 E. Market Street — (607) 737-2927
- Sheriff — 203 William Street, Elmira — (607) 737-2987