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Delaware County
Delaware County
Delaware County is in New York's Catskill region, anchored by Delhi (county seat) and Sidney (largest village). The economy mixes Amphenol Aerospace (Sidney), SUNY Delhi, dairy farming, NYC watershed protection (drinking-water reservoirs), and Catskill tourism. The County Clerk operates from 3 Court Street, Delhi.
Property in Delaware
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Delaware.
Delaware is a low-cost rural Catskill market with significant NYC weekender presence and watershed-protected forest land.
- STAR / Enhanced STAR, senior, veteran, agricultural, and forest-tax exemptions apply.
- Property tax cycle: school bills September; county/town bills January.
- NYC DEP watershed easements and stream-buffer rules affect many parcels.
- Tax-foreclosure redemption under RPTL Article 11 (two-year window).
- Foreclosure surplus rights under RPAPL § 1361.
- Watch for short-term-rental rules and septic / well requirements in the Catskills.
Investing in Delaware.
Delaware offers low entry prices, NYC-weekender STR demand, and forest/agricultural land plays.
- Tax-foreclosure auctions run by the County Treasurer (annual).
- Judicial foreclosure auctions held at the Delaware County Courthouse, Delhi.
- Land records search via Delaware County Clerk records.
- Real Property Tax parcel lookup at co.delaware.ny.us.
- NYSCEF case search for lis pendens.
- Watch for NYC DEP watershed restrictions, agricultural districts, and Catskill Park boundaries.
After a Delaware foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Delaware 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 Reporter (Walton) and The Daily Star.
Courts and records in Delaware.
- Delaware County Courthouse — 3 Court Street, Delhi, NY 13753 — 6th Judicial District
- Supreme Court & County Court — Delaware County Courthouse
- Family Court — 3 Court Street, Delhi
- Surrogate's Court — 3 Court Street, Delhi
- 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 — 3 Court Street, Delhi — (607) 832-5710 — co.delaware.ny.us
- Real Property Tax Service — 1 Courthouse Square — (607) 832-5130
- County Treasurer — 1 Courthouse Square — (607) 832-5070
- Sheriff — 280 Phoebe Lane, Delhi — (607) 832-5555