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Herkimer County
Herkimer County
Herkimer County is in central Mohawk Valley, anchored by Herkimer (county seat) and Little Falls (largest city). The economy mixes Remington Arms (Ilion) historic firearms manufacturing, dairy farming and Herkimer cheese, Mohawk Valley Community College Herkimer Campus, and Adirondack tourism in the northern reaches. The County Clerk operates from 109 Mary Street.
Property in Herkimer
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Herkimer.
Herkimer is an affordable Mohawk Valley market with rural, small-town, and lakefront housing.
- 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 the northern part of the county.
- Tax-foreclosure redemption under RPTL Article 11 (two-year window).
- Foreclosure surplus rights under RPAPL § 1361.
- Watch for Mohawk River flood zones and APA permits north of the Thruway.
Investing in Herkimer.
Herkimer offers low entry prices, modest urban rental demand in Little Falls and Ilion, and Adirondack lakeshore plays.
- Tax-foreclosure auctions run by the County Treasurer (annual).
- Judicial foreclosure auctions held at the Herkimer County Courthouse.
- Land records search via Herkimer County Clerk records.
- Real Property parcel lookup at herkimercounty.org.
- NYSCEF case search for lis pendens.
- Watch for APA zones, agricultural assessments, and Mohawk River floodways.
After a Herkimer foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Herkimer uses New York's judicial foreclosure process and runs in rem tax foreclosure under RPTL Article 11.
- Mortgage foreclosures filed in Supreme Court, 5th 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 Times Telegram and Observer-Dispatch.
Courts and records in Herkimer.
- Herkimer County Courthouse — 301 N. Washington Street, Herkimer, NY 13350 — 5th Judicial District
- County Office Building — 109 Mary Street, Herkimer (County Clerk)
- Supreme Court & County Court — Herkimer County Courthouse
- Family Court — 301 N. Washington Street, Herkimer
- Surrogate's Court — 301 N. Washington Street, Herkimer
- 5th Judicial District (Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego)
- Appellate Division, 4th Department — 50 East Avenue, Rochester
- County Clerk — 109 Mary Street, Suite 1111 — (315) 867-1002 — herkimercounty.org
- Real Property Tax Service — 109 Mary Street — (315) 867-1153
- County Treasurer — 109 Mary Street — (315) 867-1145
- Sheriff — 320 N. Main Street, Herkimer — (315) 867-1167