Certificates of searches of judgment dockets and mortgage records A0971

Certificates of searches of judgment dockets and mortgage records

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

This series consists of certificates listing judgments or mortgages in force against individuals, with affidavit of clerk of court, submitted to the Comptroller. A state law required the Comptroller to obtain certificates from the mortgagors that the mortgaged premises were free of all other encumbrances. The series is fragmentary.

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau

Title:

Certificates of searches of judgment dockets and mortgage records

Quantity:

0.25 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1813-1819, 1838-1843, 1859

Series Number:

A0971

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of certificates listing judgments or mortgages in force against named individuals, with affidavit of clerk of court, submitted to the Comptroller. A law of 1797 empowered the Comptroller to loan state funds on mortgage and required him to obtain certificates from the mortgagors that the mortgaged premises were free of all other encumbrances. The series is fragmentary.