New York State Comptroller's Office Documents Relating to Cancellations and Redemptions of Tax Sales B0933

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According to law, when land taxes were unpaid for two years the land was to be sold ("tax sales"). If the landowner paid the taxes within one year from the sale, the land reverted back to that person's ownership ("redemption").

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