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 ANNOUNCEMENT New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Memo dated July 18, 2010 "The sales of Abstract of the Real Property, is the sale of taxable information services!" Click here to see copy of notice Sales Tax Announcement(.pdf) NEW SERVICES Growth is often a byproduct of success. We all are pleased to announce that we teamed up with all our sister company to form NATIONWIDE EXPRESS EXAMINERS Doing examinations in the State of New York This will be treated as a separate division and ordering and billing will come directly from: NATIONWIDE EXPRESS EXAMINERS e-mail: info@expressexaminers.com What this means for you is Savings Service and Reliability. (check out our prices and compare) Click here to see Prices NEE PRICE LIST(.pdf) If you have any questions please call us at 631-580-5900 X 260 or X 116 Or e-mail us at INFO@EXPRESSEXAMINERS.COM SUFFOLK COUNTY MUNIS TAX HISTORY SYSTEM MAINTENANCE The Suffolk County MUNIS Tax History System will not be available Wednesday, May 12th through Monday, May 17th , 2010 due a scheduled upgrade. Please do not log onto the system during those dates. Click here to see copy of notice System Maitenace(.pdf) TOWN OF SOUTHHAMPTON FEE ADJUSTMENT Effective January 1,2010Town of Southampton fees for permits and violation searches handled by Fire Prevention fee for violation searches will be raised to $25.00 effective January 1, 2010. They will be honoring the 2009 fee for any request post marked prior to January 1. Any request mailed or dropped off after that date will be charged the new fee. The Town support staff will be using up vacation time. During the week of December 21 we will not be processing violation search requests. They will be back and fully functioning December 28. Click here to see copy of notice INCREASED FEES(.pdf) TOWN OF ISLIP CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FEE ADJUSTMENT Effective August 3,2009 Department of Planning and Development Certified Residential, Certificates of Occupancy Shall be $100 per document Certified Certificates of Occupancy for commercial & industrial properties shall be $100 for the first page, plus $20 for each additional page, with a Maximum of $1000 for the entire document Click here to see copy of notice INCREASED FEES(.pdf) SEE NEW STATE FILING FEES AS OF 6/1/2009 Click here to see copy of notice FILING FEES(.pdf)
NASSAU COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS SEWER SEARCH PRICE INCREASE Please be aware under Ordinance No.128-2006 the new fee for sewer searches will be $50.00 per search. This new price adjustment will go into effect February 1, 2009. Click here to see copy of notice NC SEWER FEE INCREASE(.pdf) TOWN OF GREENBURGH WILL BE SENDING A SUPPLEMENTAL TAX BILL Please be advised the Town of Greenburgh will be sending a supplemental tax bill to all homeowners receiving a Star exemption due to a re-assessment. Click here to see copy chart GREENBURGH RE-ASSESSMENTS(.pdf) NASSAU COUNTY LAND RECORDING FEE INCREASES Effective October 4. 2008 the additional fee or surcharge for recording, entering, indexing and endorsing a certificate on any instrument shall be increased from twenty five dollars ($25.00) to forty dollars ($40.00). The additional fee or surcharge for each subsequent page or portion of a page shall be increased from three dollars ($3.00) to five dollars ($5.00). Click here to see copy of notice NASSAU RECORDING FEES(.pdf) SUFFOLK COUNTY RECORDING FEE INCREASE Please be advised that effective October 16, 2008, the Suffolk County Legislature, at the request of the Suffolk County Executive, has adopted the recording fee increases that were passed by the New York State Legislature earlier this summer. Click here to see copy of notice SUFFOLK RECORDING FEES(.pdf) TOWN OF EAST FISHKILL As of August 18,2008 the cost of a Municipal Search will now be $125.00. Any searches received after the 18th of August cannot be processed and will be returned to the requestor. Click here to see copy of notice EAST FISHKILL FEE(.pdf) NEW YORK STATE CHAPTER 349 OF THE LAWS OF 2008 On July 21, 2008, Governor Paterson signed Chapter 349 into law. The new legislation, which is effective immediately, creates an exemption from the Peconic Bay Region Community Preservation Fund transfer tax in the towns of Southampton, East Hampton and Shelter Island for qualifying first time homebuyers and for certain not-for-profit corporations. The exemption applies only, as to individual purchasers, if the property is a one or two family house, townhouse or condominium which is to be owner occupied by the homebuyer and if the purchase price and income of the first time homebuyer falls within certain limits. Click here to see copy of announcement Chapter349(.pdf) CITY OF RYE MEMO The City of Rye Building Department's property summary record is the most complete record our department has at this date for all building activity on a property. The Assessor's Office must also be checked as they may have additional information. Click here to see copy of Memo City of Rye Memo(.pdf) NYC ALTERNATIVE ENFORCMENT PROGRAM (AEP) The AEP is and additional enforcement mechanism of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development that went into effect, November 11, 2007. Housing & Building Department Searches, Emergency Repair Searches and Tax Searches provided by Express Research Services will show if your property is included in this program. Please view the PDF to learn more and view a list of the first 200 buildings. NYC AEP(.pdf) VILLAGE OF LINDENHURST Effective March 1, 2008 the Village has new fees for Certificate of Occupancy, Violation and Verification searchs. Click here to see copy of notice Lindenhurst(.pdf) 2008 NYC Tax Lien Sale The 2008 NYC Tax Lien Sale is scheduled for May 19th, 2008. The first notice (90 day) of intended sale of tax liens on Real Property by the City of New York was published on February 19th, 2008. Be advised that the Department of Environmental Protection has published approximately 1,400 properties with delinquent water charges only that are subject to this sale. The following NYC website lists all of the properties by address, borough, block and lot. http://home2.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/property/property_bill_taxlien.shtml Important dates: February 19, 2008 90-day Lien Sale Notice Mailing & Publication March 17, 2008 60-day Lien Sale Notice Mailing April 14, 2008 30-day Lien Sale Notice Mailing May 5, 2008 10-day Lien Sale publication May 16, 2008 Last day to Pay at the Department of Finance and Department of Environmental Protection May 19, 2008 2008 Tax Lien Sale TOWN OF FISHKILL The Town of Fishkill, in accordance with local and State legal proceedings, has filled a Local Law with the Secretary of State respective to Private Well Testing for all property financing actions effective August 6, 2007 as determined by the date the property sale or respective mortgage application, whichever is dated earlier. Click here to see copy of notices Town of Fishkill Notice Fee(.pdf) & Town of Fishkill Notice Fee 10/26/07(.pdf) TOWN OF NEW PALTZ
As of 11/5/2007, the Town of New Paltz requires an onsite-inspection before the property can be sold. VILLAGE OF MONROE ORANGE COUNTY
By resolution of the Village Board, effective June 1, 2007 there will be a forty-dollar ($40) charge for any and all tax/water searches. For those requesting water information only, the charge will be twenty dollars ($20).
A stamped self-addressed envelope must be included with all requests.
VILLAGE OF FARMINGDALE Effective 1/1/2007, the Village of Farmingdale has a new increased permit fee schedule. Click here to see attached copy of Farmingdale Fee(.pdf) NEW YORK CITY As of 12/1/06 ERS will no longer be providing a vault search with our tax search. The NYC Department of Finance has indicated that any collectable charge related to NYC vaults will be found in the Supreme Court or the Office of the County Clerk as a judgment or warrant. This would now be searched by your title examiner. The Finance Department has indicated the there were only three properties that are subject to collection. At this time we have not been giving the specific properties involved. TOWN OF ISLIP As of 1/2/2007, the Town of Islip will be charging $10.00 per request to verify a certificate search. If there are changes to said certificate, a fee of $100.00 will be required.
TOWN OF WALLKILL
Effective 11/1/2006, the Town of Wallkill will have a four week delay for reports on Municipal Searches. Click here to see attached copy of Memo(.pdf) TOWN OF FISHKILL Effective 10/1/2006, the Town of Fishkill has a new fee schedule for Municipal Searches. Click here to see attached copy of Search Fees(.pdf) TOWN OF TUSTEN Effective 9/12/2006, the Town of Tusten has a Record Search Fee Increase. Click here to see attached copy of Fee Increase (.pdf) TOWN OF SMITHTOWN Effective 2/1/2006, the Town of Smithtown has a new fee schedule. Click here to see attached copy of Fee Schedule (.pdf) CITY OF NEW YORK New York City Statement of Accounts. Tax Rate Adjustments. Exemption Revocation Policy Then NYC Statement of Account is both a property tax bill and an account summery. It is Department of Finance’s way of telling what property taxes are owed, what will be owed in the future periods, and any credits. The Statement of Account indicates all previous charges, due, making it a tax bill and delinquency notice. Any delinquent items will have interest calculated to the next quarter’s due date. The Statement will include all property related charges such as Emergency Repairs, Health Department charges. The Finance Department has started to automatically apply credits on the account toward current amount(s) due. Click here to see attached copy of Statement of Accounts (.pdf) TOWN OF MAMARONECK DISCHARGE COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE The Town of Mamaroneck has annouced the enactment of a new law the will go into effect as of January 1, 2006. Under the new law, it will be illegal to occupy any building located in the Town or Mamaroneck and sold after January 1, 2006 with out first obtaining a Discharge Compliance Certificate. Click here to see attached copy of Town Code (.pdf) CITY OF PEEKSKILL AMENDING CODE ENTITLED "CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY" Please be advised that on January 1, 2006 The City of Peekskill is Amending Section 300-48A of the City Code regarding Certificate of Occupancy. Full details are in this notice (.pdf) TOWN OF SOUTHAMPTON REASSESSMENT The Town of Southampton has issued the following statement: "The Town of Southampton, with the help of Cole Layer Trumble Company (CLT), is currently in the middle of a town wide reassessment. As much as possible, all elements that affect the value of a property have been taken into consideration when valuing the property either by C.A.M.A. (cost approach), comparable sales or by income. As we well know, it can be difficult to capture all of the unique characteristics of a property or an area that can have an influence on the value." CHANGE IN NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE TAX BILL POLICY The Department of Finance (DOF) as of 11/29/04 has made a change in how their system calculates interest on a tax bill. In the past you could project interest to any date that you required. This is no longer possible. Under the new system all tax bills have interest computed to 12/6/04. Please advise your closing and escrow departments of this change. The New York State Land Title Association is aware of this problem and has contacted the DOF. A request is being made for the DOF to change this policy due to the hardships that this will cause the Title Industry and Homeowners. We will keep you advised of any updates concerning this matter.
Nassau Tax Errors A recent Newsday article reports that "Tax errors may cost Nassau residents". Scanned article (.pdf) Expanded County Lookup We are pleased to announce that Address and Section/Block/Lot verification for online orders now includes Nassau, Sullivan, Orange, Putnam, and Ulster counties. 2004 NYC DOF Lien Sale Information and property lists for the 2004 New York City Department of Finance tax lien sale are now available on the DOF website: 2004 Lien Sale Town Fee Changes Please be advised that as of July 1, 2004, the following new town fees are in effect: Town of Huntington, Suffolk: copy of C/O's now cost $40 each, Town of Islip, Suffolk: copy of C/O's now cost $100 each. November 22, 2004 Village of Sag Harbor: C/O search now costs $75 per search. Patriot Name Search The U. S. Patriot Act, section 311, requires financial institutions to report whether a person involved in a financial transaction is on the "specially designated nations and blocked persons list." ERS can provide a timely, written report notifying you if an individual involved in a real estate transaction is on the List Our Latest Services (Available Now)
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