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Orleans County
Orleans County
Orleans County is on Lake Ontario between Rochester and Buffalo, anchored by Albion (county seat and largest village). The economy mixes apple and fruit-tree farming (one of NY's leading apple counties), dairy, the Erie Canal, and the Albion Correctional Facility. The County Clerk operates from 3 South Main Street.
Property in Orleans
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Orleans.
Orleans is a low-cost rural Lake Ontario / Erie Canal market.
- STAR / Enhanced STAR, senior, veteran, and agricultural exemptions apply.
- Property tax cycle: school bills September; county/town bills January.
- Tax-foreclosure redemption under RPTL Article 11 (two-year window).
- Foreclosure surplus rights under RPAPL § 1361.
- Watch for Lake Ontario shoreline erosion overlays and orchard-agricultural districts.
Investing in Orleans.
Orleans offers very low entry prices and rural land plays with lakefront upside.
- Tax-foreclosure auctions run by the County Treasurer (annual).
- Judicial foreclosure auctions held at the Orleans County Courthouse.
- Land records search via Orleans County Clerk records.
- Real Property parcel lookup at orleanscountyny.gov.
- NYSCEF case search for lis pendens.
- Watch for orchard agricultural assessments and Lake Ontario shoreline overlays.
After a Orleans foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Orleans 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 Orleans Hub and Lake Country Pennysaver.
Courts and records in Orleans.
- Orleans County Courthouse — 1 South Main Street, Albion, NY 14411 — 8th Judicial District
- Supreme Court & County Court — Orleans County Courthouse
- Family Court — 1 South Main Street, Albion
- Surrogate's Court — 1 South Main Street, Albion
- 8th Judicial District (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming)
- Appellate Division, 4th Department — 50 East Avenue, Rochester
- County Clerk — 3 South Main Street — (585) 589-5334 — orleanscountyny.gov
- Real Property Tax Department — 14016 Route 31 W, Albion — (585) 589-5400
- County Treasurer — 14016 Route 31 W, Albion — (585) 589-5353
- Sheriff — 13925 Route 31 W, Albion — (585) 590-4150