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Clinton County
Clinton County
Clinton County is in New York's North Country on Lake Champlain at the Canadian border, anchored by Plattsburgh (county seat and largest city). The economy mixes the SUNY Plattsburgh, healthcare (UVMHN-CVPH), aerospace and transportation manufacturing (Norsk Titanium, Bombardier legacy), the former Plattsburgh AFB / PARC industrial park, agriculture, and Adirondack tourism. The County Clerk operates from the Clinton County Government Center.
Property in Clinton
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Clinton.
Clinton is an affordable North Country market with cross-border Canadian commuter and recreational demand.
- STAR / Enhanced STAR, senior, veteran, and agricultural exemptions apply.
- Property tax cycle: school bills September; county/town bills January.
- Equalization rates vary; Plattsburgh reassesses periodically.
- Tax-foreclosure redemption under RPTL Article 11 (two-year window).
- Foreclosure surplus rights under RPAPL § 1361.
- Watch for Lake Champlain shoreline rules, Adirondack Park Agency (APA) regulations, and seasonal-camp valuation.
Investing in Clinton.
Clinton offers low entry prices, lake-frontage and Adirondack second-home upside, and steady rental demand around SUNY Plattsburgh and CVPH.
- Tax-foreclosure auctions run by the County Treasurer (annual).
- Judicial foreclosure auctions held at the Clinton County Courthouse, Plattsburgh.
- Land records search via Clinton County Clerk records portal.
- Real Property Services parcel lookup.
- NYSCEF case search for lis pendens.
- Watch for APA jurisdictional zones, agricultural assessments, and Lake Champlain flood zones.
After a Clinton foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Clinton uses New York's judicial foreclosure process and runs in rem tax foreclosure under RPTL Article 11.
- Mortgage foreclosures filed in Supreme Court, 4th 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.
- Notices published in the Press-Republican.
Courts and records in Clinton.
- Clinton County Government Center — 137 Margaret Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 (County Clerk)
- Clinton County Courthouse — 137 Margaret Street, Plattsburgh — 4th Judicial District
- Supreme Court & County Court — Clinton County Courthouse
- Family Court — 137 Margaret Street, Plattsburgh
- Surrogate's Court — 137 Margaret Street, Plattsburgh
- 4th Judicial District (Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Schenectady, Warren, Washington)
- Appellate Division, 3rd Department — Justice Building, Empire State Plaza, Albany
- County Clerk — 137 Margaret Street — (518) 565-4700 — clintoncountygov.com
- Real Property Services — 137 Margaret Street — (518) 565-4760
- County Treasurer — 137 Margaret Street — (518) 565-4730
- Sheriff — 25 McCarthy Drive, Plattsburgh — (518) 565-4330