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Rockland County
Rockland County
Rockland County is in the lower Hudson Valley northwest of NYC, anchored by New City (county seat) and the village of Spring Valley (largest village). The economy mixes NYC commuter housing (NJ Transit Pascack/Hoboken lines, Tappan Zee/Mario M. Cuomo Bridge), pharma (Pfizer Pearl River legacy, BioMed campus), healthcare (Good Samaritan, Nyack Hospital), and one of the largest Hasidic populations in the U.S. (Monsey, Kaser, New Square, Spring Valley). The County Clerk operates from 1 South Main Street.
Property in Rockland
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Rockland.
Rockland is a high-priced Hudson Valley homeowner market with very high property taxes.
- STAR / Enhanced STAR, senior, veteran, Cold War veteran, and disability exemptions apply.
- Property tax cycle: school bills September; county/town/village bills January.
- Tax-foreclosure redemption under RPTL Article 11 (two-year window).
- Foreclosure surplus rights under RPAPL § 1361.
- Watch for Hasidic-community zoning disputes (East Ramapo, Spring Valley), Palisades Interstate Park overlays, and Hudson River flood zones.
Investing in Rockland.
Rockland offers premium NYC commuter rental demand, dense multifamily in Spring Valley/Monsey, and strong rehab opportunity in older Hudson River villages.
- Tax-foreclosure auctions run by the County Commissioner of Finance (annual).
- Judicial foreclosure auctions held at the Rockland County Courthouse, New City.
- Land records search via Rockland County Clerk online records.
- Real Property parcel lookup at rocklandcountyny.gov.
- NYSCEF case search for lis pendens.
- Watch for East Ramapo / Spring Valley housing-code enforcement, lead-paint compliance, and historic-district overlays.
After a Rockland foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Rockland uses New York's judicial foreclosure process and runs in rem tax foreclosure under RPTL Article 11.
- Mortgage foreclosures filed in Supreme Court, 9th Judicial District.
- Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale executed by court-appointed Referee.
- Surplus money proceedings under RPAPL § 1361.
- Commissioner of Finance holds annual tax-foreclosure auction.
- Post-Tyler v. Hennepin reforms require return of tax-foreclosure surplus to former owner.
- Notices published in The Journal News (Rockland/Westchester) and Rockland County Times.
Courts and records in Rockland.
- Rockland County Courthouse — 1 South Main Street, New City, NY 10956 — 9th Judicial District
- Supreme Court & County Court — Rockland County Courthouse
- Family Court — 1 South Main Street, New City
- Surrogate's Court — 1 South Main Street, New City
- 9th Judicial District (Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester)
- Appellate Division, 2nd Department — 45 Monroe Place, Brooklyn
- County Clerk — 1 South Main Street — (845) 638-5070 — rocklandcountyny.gov
- Real Property Tax Service — 11 New Hempstead Road, New City — (845) 638-5048
- Department of Finance — 11 New Hempstead Road, New City — (845) 638-5060
- Sheriff — 55 New Hempstead Road, New City — (845) 638-5400