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Genesee County
Genesee County
Genesee County sits between Buffalo and Rochester along I-90, anchored by Batavia (county seat and largest city). The economy mixes the Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park (HP Hood, Upstate Niagara, North American Breweries), STAMP mega-site (Plug Power), Batavia Downs gaming, and dairy / agriculture. The County Clerk operates from 15 Main Street, Batavia.
Property in Genesee
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Genesee.
Genesee is a stable low-cost market with mixed agricultural and bedroom-community housing.
- STAR / Enhanced STAR, senior, veteran, and agricultural exemptions apply.
- Property tax cycle: school bills September; county/town bills January.
- City of Batavia reassesses periodically.
- Tax-foreclosure redemption under RPTL Article 11 (two-year window).
- Foreclosure surplus rights under RPAPL § 1361.
- Watch for agricultural-district restrictions and Tonawanda Creek flood zones.
Investing in Genesee.
Genesee offers low entry prices, steady rental demand in Batavia, and large-acre agricultural and industrial-park land plays.
- Tax-foreclosure auctions run by the County Treasurer (annual).
- Judicial foreclosure auctions held at the Genesee County Courthouse, Batavia.
- Land records search via Genesee County Clerk records.
- Real Property parcel lookup at co.genesee.ny.us.
- NYSCEF case search for lis pendens.
- Watch for STAMP-area land speculation, agricultural-district restrictions, and historic-district approvals in downtown Batavia.
After a Genesee foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Genesee uses New York's judicial foreclosure process and runs in rem tax foreclosure under RPTL Article 11.
- Mortgage foreclosures filed in Supreme Court, 8th 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 Daily News (Batavia).
Courts and records in Genesee.
- Genesee County Courthouse — 1 W. Main Street, Batavia, NY 14020 — 8th Judicial District
- County Building #1 — 15 Main Street, Batavia (County Clerk)
- Supreme Court & County Court — Genesee County Courthouse
- Family Court — 4 W. Main Street, Batavia
- Surrogate's Court — 1 W. Main Street, Batavia
- 8th Judicial District (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming)
- Appellate Division, 4th Department — 50 East Avenue, Rochester
- County Clerk — 15 Main Street, Batavia — (585) 815-7901 — co.genesee.ny.us
- Real Property Tax Services — 15 Main Street — (585) 815-7831
- County Treasurer — 15 Main Street — (585) 815-7818
- Sheriff — 165 Park Road, Batavia — (585) 343-5000