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Steuben County
Steuben County
Steuben County is in the Southern Tier of New York along the Pennsylvania border, anchored by Bath (county seat) and Corning (largest city). The economy mixes Corning Incorporated (global headquarters; specialty glass and ceramics), the Corning Museum of Glass, Hammondsport / Keuka Lake wine country, dairy and beef agriculture, and Hornell-area Alstom rail manufacturing. The County Clerk operates from 3 Pulteney Square.
Property in Steuben
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Steuben.
Steuben is a low-cost Southern Tier market with stable Corning-employer demand.
- STAR / Enhanced STAR, senior, veteran, Cold War veteran, and agricultural exemptions apply.
- Property tax cycle: school bills September; county/town bills January.
- City of Corning reassesses periodically.
- Tax-foreclosure redemption under RPTL Article 11 (two-year window).
- Foreclosure surplus rights under RPAPL § 1361.
- Watch for Keuka Lake shoreline overlays, agricultural-district restrictions, and Corning historic-district rules (Market Street).
Investing in Steuben.
Steuben offers Corning-employer rental stability and Keuka Lake STR upside in Hammondsport.
- Tax-foreclosure auctions run by the County Treasurer (annual).
- Judicial foreclosure auctions held at the Steuben County Courthouse, Bath.
- Land records search via Steuben County Clerk records.
- Real Property parcel lookup at steubencony.org.
- NYSCEF case search for lis pendens.
- Watch for Keuka Lake STR rules, Corning historic-district overlays, and agricultural assessments.
After a Steuben foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Steuben uses New York's judicial foreclosure process and runs in rem tax foreclosure under RPTL Article 11.
- Mortgage foreclosures filed in Supreme Court, 7th 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 Leader (Corning) and Hornell Evening Tribune.
Courts and records in Steuben.
- Steuben County Courthouse — 3 Pulteney Square, Bath, NY 14810 — 7th Judicial District
- Supreme Court & County Court — Steuben County Courthouse
- Family Court — 3 Pulteney Square, Bath
- Surrogate's Court — 3 Pulteney Square, Bath
- 7th Judicial District (Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Yates)
- Appellate Division, 4th Department — 50 East Avenue, Rochester
- County Clerk — 3 Pulteney Square — (607) 664-2563 — steubencony.org
- Real Property Tax Service — 3 East Pulteney Square, Bath — (607) 664-2484
- County Treasurer — 3 East Pulteney Square, Bath — (607) 664-2488
- Sheriff — 7007 Rumsey Street Extension, Bath — (607) 622-3911