City of Batavia tax sale, 2026 season

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Batavia runs its own sale inside a joint room. The Genesee County and City of Batavia tax property auction carries two complete sets of terms on one document: the county's, and a separate City of Batavia section with its own deposit, its own premium and its own approval step. City parcels sell under the city terms. The most recent verified joint sale is Saturday, March 14, 2020, run by Bontrager Real Estate and Auction Service, live with online bidding.

No post-2020 city sale document was found, and the terms below are the 2020 city terms as published; a later cycle may carry different numbers, and this page does not update them by assumption. The county terms on the same document (a $2,000 minimum deposit, a 10 percent premium, a bargain and sale deed) are Genesee County's and must not be read onto a city parcel.

Dates and deadlines

Most recent verified sale	Saturday, March 14, 2020: Spring 2020 Genesee County and City of Batavia tax property auction, live with online bidding (Bontrager Real Estate and Auction Service), city parcels sold under the City of Batavia terms
Next sale	Not announced; no post-2020 city sale document was found in the sources read
Format	Live auction with online bidding; every city sale is subject to final approval by the City Council
Selling office	City of Batavia (closings set by the City Attorney's Office at the Genesee County Clerk's Office)

Sources: Spring 2020 Genesee County and City of Batavia Tax Property, auction terms (gotoauction.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 the City of Batavia tax sale works

The city's parcels carry the city's terms. The joint auction document sets out a self contained City of Batavia terms section, distinct from the Genesee County terms on the same page: different deposit floor, different premium, different deed.
The Council can decline the sale. Every city sale is subject to final approval by the City Council, which may review a purchaser's history under BMC section 66-9(D) and decline a sale in its sole discretion.
Online bidders pay the premium. Online successful bidders paid the deposit by credit card at a 13 percent buyer's premium, and signed contracts on Monday, March 16, 2020 at the auctioneer's center.

How registration works

Under the 2020 city terms, bidders had to be present at the time of auction; online bidders registered through the auction platform, and cooperating brokers registered by March 13, 2020.

Terms: what a bid actually costs

The terms below are the City of Batavia terms from the March 14, 2020 joint auction document, the most recent city sale document found. They are the city's terms only:

Deposit (2020 city terms)	Non-refundable 25 percent of the final bid, minimum $1,000 (full price if $1,000 or less), by cash, certified check or bank draft in U.S. funds at strike-down. Online successful bidders paid the deposit immediately by credit card, charged a 13 percent buyer's premium
Balance due (2020 city terms)	Closing within 21 days after notification of City Council approval, or the deposit is forfeited and the bidder is liable for breach damages, costs and attorney's fees; a second bidder fallback applies
Deed type (2020 city terms)	Quitclaim deed, recorded at closing. The city provides no title search or survey; the purchaser pays the New York State transfer tax, the Transportation Assistance Tax and recording fees. Property sold as is. No bid assignments or name changes after sale unless a $250 fee each is paid and the Council approves

Before you bid

The joint auction is one document with two rulebooks, and the costly mistake is reading the wrong one: on a city parcel the deposit floor is $1,000, not the county's $2,000, the online premium is 13 percent, not 10, and the deed is a quitclaim, not the county's bargain and sale deed. Check the parcel list against the city terms section before bidding, and budget for the Council approval step between the bid and the 21 day closing clock.

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