Essex County, New York

Oct 28, 2026 · in 46 days· 10:00 AM

Tax Deedscheduledvia County site

Parcels

Opening bids

—

no parcel list yet

Redemption

None

clear title at sale

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

As announced by the county

Published sale details. The parcel list has not been fetched yet.

Held at

Best Western Plus Ticonderoga Inn and Suites, 260 Burgoyne Road, Ticonderoga 12883

Venue: Simulcast
Bidding: Bid Up or Premium
Sale runs: Same day
Total offered: $0
Deed sale site: https://aarauctions.com/servlet/Search.do?auctionId=7567

Collector: Michael Diskin
Phone: 518.873.3310
Email: michael.diskin@essexny.gov
Fax: 518.873.3318

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Registration and terms

Please see online auction website for registration details.

NY caveats

THE ASSESSED VALUE IS NOT COMPARABLE ACROSS MUNICIPALITIES. More than 1,200 assessing units each set their own level of assessment, published annually by ORPTS as an equalization rate and a residential assessment ratio. This row assumes 100% as a deliberate floor, so a derived ARV in a low-assessing town is far too low. That is the safe direction, and it makes the derived figure useless as a valuation — get the municipality's rate or supply arvOverride.
NO REDEMPTION FOR THE AUCTION BUYER, AND THIS TIME THAT IS UNQUALIFIED. RPTL 1110's period runs before the tax district takes title; RPTL 1131 and 1136(3) bar the former owner on judgment. By the time a parcel reaches the county auction the right is gone. The default period is two years from the lien date and a district may set a longer one, but either way it expires pre-auction.
SURPLUS NOW GOES BACK TO THE FORMER OWNER. L 2024, ch 55, pt BB amended Article 11 after Tyler v. Hennepin County so excess proceeds are returned to the former owner and, where appropriate, to lienors. This does not change what a bidder pays, but it removes the county's old incentive to retain equity and is worth understanding before assuming how a district will run its sale.
NOT EVERY NEW YORK TAX SALE IS AN ARTICLE 11 COUNTY AUCTION. New York City and several cities have run their own tax lien certificate programmes under separate authority, which are different instruments with different economics. Confirm the selling entity and the enabling law before applying this row.

Essex County rulesstate defaults

Sale type: Hybrid
Redemption period: Typically 2 years, varies widely by county/municipality charter
Investor return: Varies — many counties use in-rem deed foreclosure rather than lien certificates; some (e.g., select NYC-area jurisdictions) sell liens
Governing statute: New York Real Property Tax Law Art. 11
Population: 36,744 residents

Notes

Highly county/municipality-specific; check the local charter before assuming a lien or deed process applies.

Inherited from New York rather than researched for Essex: type, redemption, returns, statute, notes.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

No parcels published yet

Counties often publish the parcel list only days before the sale. The auction date is confirmed; check back closer to Oct 28, 2026.

Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — New York has no statewide level of assessment. Each of 1,200+ assessing units sets its own, and ORPTS publishes an equalization rate and residential assessment ratio per unit each year. 1.0 is used here as a deliberate floor — see the derived-ARV note — not as a claim that New York assesses at full value. Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.

As announced by the county

Published sale details. The parcel list has not been fetched yet.

Held at

Best Western Plus Ticonderoga Inn and Suites, 260 Burgoyne Road, Ticonderoga 12883

Venue

Simulcast

Bidding

Bid Up or Premium

Sale runs

Same day

Total offered

Deed sale site

https://aarauctions.com/servlet/Search.do?auctionId=7567

Live with Online Bidding

Registration and terms

Please see online auction website for registration details.