Affidavits of non-occupancy of lands purchased at Comptroller's tax sales
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Overview of the Records
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Albany, NY 12230
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Arrangement
Alphabetic by county, then roughly chronological by year.
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of affidavits of purchasers of land at Comptroller's tax sales, stating that the land purchased was wholly unoccupied and vacant.
The affidavits were filed with the Comptroller to prove that there was no occupant having any right to redeem land from tax sale.
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