City of Auburn tax sale, 2026 season

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Auburn's foreclosed parcels sell beside the county's, on the city's own terms. The Cayuga County and City of Auburn Tax Foreclosed Real Estate auction catalog carries a separate City of Auburn Terms of Sale for city-title parcels, because the city's enforcement is its own: under City Charter Article IV an unpaid city tax is enforceable by action in the city's own name, the lien may be foreclosed as a mortgage foreclosure, and the City Treasurer publishes a notice of sale of real property for unpaid taxes each June.

The documented joint sale is Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. at Emerson Park Pavilion in Auburn, run by Auctions International. The city's own Land Sale Policy covers the city's sales of city-owned property with a 20 percent bid deposit at auction and City Council approval. This page keeps the city's record separate from the county's terms, the split the catalog itself makes.

Dates and deadlines

Most recent verified sale	Wednesday, June 5, 2019, 2:00 p.m., Emerson Park Pavilion, Auburn: the joint Cayuga County and City of Auburn Tax Foreclosed Real Estate auction, run by Auctions International, with city-title parcels sold under the separate City of Auburn Terms of Sale in the county catalog.
Next sale	Not announced in the sources read. The City Treasurer's June notice of sale under the charter is the document to watch; no current dated notice was located.
Format	Public auction of tax foreclosed real estate. City-title parcels sell in the joint auction under the city's own terms of sale.
Selling office	City of Auburn (city-title parcels; the City Treasurer publishes the charter notice of sale). The joint auction was conducted by Auctions International.

Sources: Cayuga County, Tax Foreclosed Real Estate auction catalog with the City of Auburn Terms of Sale (cayugacounty.us). City of Auburn, Land Sale Policy (auburnny.novusagenda.com). Confirm with the selling office before relying on any date on this page: sales move, terms change, and parcels are pulled up to sale day.

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How City of Auburn tax foreclosure works

The city's lien is the city's to enforce. Under City Charter Article IV, an unpaid city tax is enforceable by action in the city's own name and the lien may be foreclosed as a mortgage foreclosure. Uncollected county and state tax liens on city parcels become city property under the charter.
The Treasurer notices a sale each June. The charter has the City Treasurer publish a notice of sale of real property for unpaid taxes each June. The documented modern instance is the joint auction of June 5, 2019.
City parcels sell on city terms. In the joint auction the catalog separates the terms: county parcels under the county's terms, city-title parcels under the City of Auburn Terms of Sale. The city's Land Sale Policy adds its own rules for city-owned property: a 20 percent bid deposit at auction, a non-refundable administrative fee, and City Council approval of the sale.

How registration works

Not published for a current sale in the sources read. The 2019 joint auction ran through Auctions International; its registration terms are dated 2019 and are not stated here as current.

Terms: what a bid actually costs

The city's published terms are the Land Sale Policy's terms for city-owned property sales. Auction terms for a current tax foreclosure sale are not published in the sources read. The rows below keep that split:

Deposit or down payment	20 percent of the bid at auction, under the city's Land Sale Policy for city-owned property sales, plus a non-refundable administrative fee. City Council approval of the sale is required.
Balance due	Not published in the sources read for a tax foreclosure sale.
Buyer premium	Not published in the sources read.
Deed type	Not published in the sources read.

Before you bid

The trap in Auburn is the shared catalog. City-title parcels and county parcels sit in the same auction with different terms of sale, and the county's terms do not govern a city parcel. Read the City of Auburn Terms of Sale for a city parcel, and treat the city's Land Sale Policy deposit, 20 percent at auction with Council approval behind it, as the city's standing expectation for its own property.

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