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Montgomery County
Montgomery County sits in the Mohawk Valley west of Schenectady, anchored by Fonda (county seat) and Amsterdam (largest city). The economy mixes manufacturing, dairy, NY State Thruway logistics, and a growing Hispanic-immigrant population in Amsterdam. The County Clerk (Brittany Kolbe) operates from 64 Broadway, Fonda.
Property in Montgomery
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Montgomery.
Montgomery is a low-cost Mohawk Valley market with rust-belt urban housing in Amsterdam.
- STAR / Enhanced STAR, senior, veteran, and agricultural exemptions apply.
- Property tax cycle: school bills September; county/town bills January.
- Equalization rates vary by town.
- Tax-foreclosure redemption under RPTL Article 11 (two-year window).
- Foreclosure surplus rights under RPAPL § 1361.
- Watch for Mohawk River flood zones and aging-housing-stock issues in Amsterdam.
Investing in Montgomery.
Montgomery offers very low entry prices and steady rental demand in Amsterdam.
- Tax-foreclosure auctions run by the County Treasurer (annual).
- Judicial foreclosure auctions held at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Fonda.
- Land records search via Montgomery County Clerk records.
- Real Property parcel lookup at co.montgomery.ny.us.
- NYSCEF case search for lis pendens.
- Watch for Amsterdam rental registry, lead-paint compliance, and Mohawk River flood zones.
After a Montgomery foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Montgomery 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.
- Post-Tyler v. Hennepin reforms require return of tax-foreclosure surplus to former owner.
- Notices published in the Recorder (Amsterdam) and Leader-Herald.
Courts and records in Montgomery.
- Montgomery County Courthouse — 58 Broadway, Fonda, NY 12068 — 4th Judicial District
- County Office Building — 64 Broadway, Fonda (County Clerk)
- Supreme Court & County Court — Montgomery County Courthouse
- Family Court — 58 Broadway, Fonda
- Surrogate's Court — 58 Broadway, Fonda
- 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 — Brittany Kolbe — 64 Broadway, P.O. Box 1500, Fonda — (518) 853-8116 — co.montgomery.ny.us
- Real Property Department — 64 Broadway — (518) 853-8175
- County Treasurer — 64 Broadway — (518) 853-8186
- Sheriff — 200 Clark Drive, Fultonville — (518) 853-5500