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Fulton County
Fulton County
Fulton County is in the southern Adirondack foothills, anchored by Johnstown (county seat) and Gloversville (largest city). The economy mixes Walmart distribution, manufacturing (Fage Yogurt, FAGE USA), the Great Sacandaga Lake recreational economy, and historical glove/leather industry legacy. The County Clerk operates from 223 West Main Street.
Property in Fulton
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Fulton.
Fulton is a low-cost market with significant Great Sacandaga Lake second-home presence.
- STAR / Enhanced STAR, senior, veteran, and agricultural exemptions apply.
- Property tax cycle: school bills September; county/town bills January.
- Adirondack Park Agency (APA) jurisdiction governs northern parcels.
- Tax-foreclosure redemption under RPTL Article 11 (two-year window).
- Foreclosure surplus rights under RPAPL § 1361.
- Watch for HRBRRD (Sacandaga Reservoir) lease lots and APA permits.
Investing in Fulton.
Fulton offers very low entry prices, lake-frontage upside on Sacandaga, and modest urban rental demand in Gloversville.
- Tax-foreclosure auctions run by the County Treasurer (annual).
- Judicial foreclosure auctions held at the Fulton County Courthouse, Johnstown.
- Land records search via Fulton County Clerk records.
- Real Property parcel lookup at fultoncountyny.gov.
- NYSCEF case search for lis pendens.
- Watch for HRBRRD lease-lot status (not fee-simple), APA zones, and Gloversville rental registry.
After a Fulton foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Fulton 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 Leader-Herald.
Courts and records in Fulton.
- Fulton County Courthouse — 223 West Main Street, Johnstown, NY 12095 — 4th Judicial District
- Supreme Court & County Court — Fulton County Courthouse
- Family Court — 223 West Main Street, Johnstown
- Surrogate's Court — 223 West Main Street, Johnstown
- 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 — 223 West Main Street, Johnstown — (518) 736-5555 — fultoncountyny.gov
- Real Property Tax Service — 223 West Main Street — (518) 736-5511
- County Treasurer — 223 West Main Street — (518) 736-5580
- Sheriff — 2712 State Highway 29, Johnstown — (518) 736-2100