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Wyoming County
Wyoming County NY is in Western New York between Buffalo and Rochester, anchored by Warsaw (county seat and largest village). The economy mixes dairy farming (one of NY's top dairy counties), beef cattle, the Attica Correctional Facility (largest single employer), Letchworth State Park ("Grand Canyon of the East"), and Perry / Silver Lake tourism. The County Clerk operates from 143 North Main Street.
Property in Wyoming
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Wyoming.
Wyoming is a low-cost rural / agricultural market with stable employment from state corrections.
- 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 Letchworth / Genesee Valley overlays, dairy agricultural-district restrictions, and Silver Lake shoreline rules.
Investing in Wyoming.
Wyoming offers very low entry prices, dairy / farmland plays, and Letchworth / Silver Lake STR upside.
- Tax-foreclosure auctions run by the County Treasurer (annual).
- Judicial foreclosure auctions held at the Wyoming County Courthouse, Warsaw.
- Land records search via Wyoming County Clerk records.
- Real Property parcel lookup at wyomingco.net.
- NYSCEF case search for lis pendens.
- Watch for Letchworth State Park overlays, dairy agricultural assessments, and Silver Lake / Perry STR rules.
After a Wyoming foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Wyoming 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 Daily News (Batavia) and Country Courier (Warsaw).
Courts and records in Wyoming.
- Wyoming County Courthouse — 147 North Main Street, Warsaw, NY 14569 — 8th Judicial District
- Government Center — 143 North Main Street, Warsaw (County Clerk)
- Supreme Court & County Court — Wyoming County Courthouse
- Family Court — 147 North Main Street, Warsaw
- Surrogate's Court — 147 North Main Street, Warsaw
- 8th Judicial District (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming)
- Appellate Division, 4th Department — 50 East Avenue, Rochester
- County Clerk — 143 North Main Street — (585) 786-8810 — wyomingco.net
- Real Property Tax Service — 143 North Main Street — (585) 786-8828
- County Treasurer — 143 North Main Street — (585) 786-8812
- Sheriff — 151 North Main Street, Warsaw — (585) 786-2255