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St. Lawrence County
St. Lawrence County
St. Lawrence County is the largest county in New York by area, sitting along the St. Lawrence River and the Canadian border, anchored by Canton (county seat) and Ogdensburg (largest city). The economy mixes St. Lawrence University, Clarkson University, SUNY Potsdam and SUNY Canton, dairy farming (one of NY's leading dairy counties), Akwesasne Mohawk reservation, the Massena/Alcoa/Arconic aluminum complex, and the St. Lawrence Seaway. The County Clerk operates from 48 Court Street.
Property in St. Lawrence
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in St. Lawrence.
St. Lawrence is one of the lowest-cost markets in New York, dominated by rural and college-town housing.
- STAR / Enhanced STAR, senior, veteran, Cold War 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 Adirondack Park Agency (APA) overlays on the southern townships, Akwesasne tribal jurisdiction, and St. Lawrence River shoreline rules.
Investing in St. Lawrence.
St. Lawrence offers very low entry prices and steady college-town rental demand in Canton, Potsdam, and Ogdensburg.
- Tax-foreclosure auctions run by the County Treasurer (annual).
- Judicial foreclosure auctions held at the St. Lawrence County Courthouse, Canton.
- Land records search via St. Lawrence County Clerk online records.
- Real Property parcel lookup at stlawco.gov.
- NYSCEF case search for lis pendens.
- Watch for APA-zone parcels, dairy / agricultural-district restrictions, and St. Lawrence Seaway / shoreline overlays.
After a St. Lawrence foreclosure or tax deed sale.
St. Lawrence 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 Watertown Daily Times and Ogdensburg Journal.
Courts and records in St. Lawrence.
- St. Lawrence County Courthouse — 48 Court Street, Canton, NY 13617 — 4th Judicial District
- Supreme Court & County Court — St. Lawrence County Courthouse
- Family Court — 48 Court Street, Canton
- Surrogate's Court — 48 Court Street, Canton
- 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 — 48 Court Street — (315) 379-2237 — stlawco.gov
- Real Property Department — 48 Court Street — (315) 379-2272
- County Treasurer — 48 Court Street — (315) 379-2234
- Sheriff — 48 Court Street, Canton — (315) 379-2222