City of Niagara Falls tax sale, 2026 season

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Niagara Falls is its own tax district: the city forecloses its own delinquent taxes in rem and the City Controller offers the parcels at public auction under judgments of the Supreme Court, Niagara County, subject to City Council approval. Niagara County runs its own sale beside it, covered on the county page in this hub, and the two are not the same sale: the county's terms and lists do not govern city parcels.

The city's documentation is the strongest in this tier. The Terms of Sale for the auction of Wednesday, October 9, 2019 publish a complete money terms set, deposit, auctioneer's fee, balance window and deed, and a mayoral memorandum of May 30, 2024 records that in February 2024 the city auctioned almost 200 surplus vacant lots acquired through in rem foreclosures, with closings within 30 days of Council approval and delinquent bidders disqualified. No next sale is announced in the city sources read, so this page carries the 2019 terms as the last full terms the city has published, labelled as such.

Dates and deadlines

Most recent dated sale with published terms	Wednesday, October 9, 2019, in person (registration 7:00 a.m.), under in rem judgments of Supreme Court, Niagara County, Index No. 168221/2019 and others, per the Terms of Sale issued for the city's sale
More recent activity	February 2024: the city auctioned almost 200 surplus vacant lots acquired through in rem foreclosures, per the Mayor's memorandum of May 30, 2024; closings within 30 days of City Council approval, and bidders delinquent on other properties were disqualified
Next sale	Not announced in the city sources read
Format	Public auction by the City Controller, subject to City Council approval; the 2019 sale was in person and no online format is published
Selling office	City Controller, City of Niagara Falls

Sources: Terms of Sale, City of Niagara Falls in rem auction, October 9, 2019 (Auctions International, the city's auctioneer). City of Niagara Falls, memorandum of the Mayor, May 30, 2024 (city document host). 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 New York tax foreclosure works

Unpaid taxes become a lien on the property, and the city enforces that lien in court under Real Property Tax Law Article 11, the in rem foreclosure process.
The owner gets a redemption period, two years from the lien date by default, longer where a local law extends it for homes or farms. Paying everything owed during that window ends the case.
When the period expires, the court can award the property to the city. The former owner's right to redeem is over at that point; there is no post-sale redemption period on a New York tax deed.
City then sells at public auction, which is the sale this page tracks. Deeds are usually quitclaim, bids can require governing body approval, and any surplus over the taxes and charges is handled under RPTL sections 1195 to 1197 for the former owner and lienholders.

How registration works

The 2019 Terms of Sale set registration at 7:00 a.m. on the sale day. No registration terms for a current sale are published, because no current sale is announced.

Terms: what a bid actually costs

The terms below are the city's last published full terms, from the Terms of Sale for the October 9, 2019 auction. The city has published no newer terms set in the sources read; a future sale's own terms will govern when one is announced:

Deposit (2019 terms)	Immediately at the sale, in cash, money order, certified or traveler's check: the lesser of 20 percent of the bid (not less than $300) or the full bid price
Auctioneer's fee (2019 terms)	10 percent of the bid price, minimum $25, paid with the deposit
Balance due (2019 terms)	Within 30 days after approval and confirmation of the sale by resolution of the City Council, payable to the City Controller at City Hall, together with specified current school and city tax installments and water and sewer charges
Deed type (2019 terms)	Quitclaim deed only

Before you bid

Two cautions are specific to this city. First, every bid is subject to City Council approval after the auction, and the balance clock runs from that approval, not from the sale day. Second, the city disqualifies bidders who are delinquent on other properties: the May 2024 memorandum records disqualified winners at the February 2024 lot auction and the parcels offered to the next bidder. A bidder carrying a Niagara Falls delinquency anywhere should settle it before bidding. Do not work from Niagara County's sale documents for a city parcel; the county sale is a separate sale with its own terms, covered on the Niagara County page in this hub.

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