Rensselaer County tax sale: authorized, not yet dated

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Rensselaer County (county seat Troy) is mid-decision, and this page reports exactly that. On Tuesday, October 13, 2026, the County Legislature adopted Resolution G/12, authorizing the Chief Fiscal Officer, the county's enforcing officer in the Bureau of Finance, to sell at public auction the parcels in List No. 1 for the Year 2025, a foreclosure docket already through County Court, under annexed terms of sale, with minimum bids fixed by the Chief Fiscal Officer for every parcel. The resolution sets no auction date, no venue, and no platform, and the buyer terms are not yet published in any official source.

So there is nothing to register for today, and anyone quoting you a current Rensselaer deposit, premium, or balance deadline is ahead of the record: the county's last auctioneer contract (Collar City Auctions, June 2022 to May 2025, paid solely through a buyer premium) has expired on its face, and the October 2026 fiscal documents confirm only that auction costs will again be paid through a buyer premium charged to buyers, at a percentage not stated. A sale from the county's List No. 2 for 2024 was held before September 2026; its date was not published in the sources checked either.

Dates and deadlines

Next sale	Authorized but not dated. Resolution G/12 (adopted Tue, Oct 13, 2026) authorizes the public auction of List No. 1 for the Year 2025 parcels and states no date, venue, or platform.
Last sale	A sale from List No. 2 for the Year 2024 had been held before September 8, 2026 (a surplus resolution records a parcel sold at auction from that docket); the sale date itself was not published in the sources checked.
Minimum bids	Fixed by the Chief Fiscal Officer for all parcels under Resolution G/12. This is not a no reserve sale.
Selling office	Rensselaer County Bureau of Finance, Chief Fiscal Officer (enforcing officer)
Format and platform	Not published for the authorized sale. The county's prior auctioneer contract (Collar City Auctions, 2022 to 2025) has expired.

Sources: Rensselaer County Legislature packet, Resolution G/12, October 13, 2026 (official county). Rensselaer County Legislature packet, Resolution G/350/26 surplus payment, September 8, 2026 (official county). Confirm with the county or the auctioneer before relying on any date on this page: sales move, terms change, and parcels get pulled.

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How New York tax foreclosure works

Unpaid taxes become a lien on the property, and the county 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 county. 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.
The county then sells at public auction, which is the sale this page tracks. Deeds are usually quitclaim, bids can require county legislature 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

No registration is open, because the authorized sale has no date. Registration rules will arrive with the sale's own published terms, through the Bureau of Finance and whatever auctioneer the county engages. Watch the Bureau of Finance postings and the Legislature's packets, where the authorization itself appeared.

Terms: what a bid actually costs

Buyer premium	A buyer premium exists and is the auctioneer's compensation, confirmed in both the county's prior auctioneer contract and the October 2026 fiscal impact statement. The percentage is not published.
Deposit or down payment	Not published for the authorized sale.
Balance due	Not published for the authorized sale.
Deed type	Quitclaim deeds, executed by the County Executive (or designee) in a form approved by the County Attorney, under Resolution G/12.
Legislature approval	Granted in advance: Resolution G/12 states it constitutes the legislative approval and confirmation of the sales as the Real Property Tax Law may require, so there is no separate post-sale confirmation step in this authorization.
Surplus	Under the current RPTL surplus rules, money over the taxes, penalties, interest, and charges is deposited into court for the former owner; in September 2026 the county authorized paying one prior owner claim of approximately $32,993.19 from the List No. 2 sale.

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Two separations matter here. The City of Troy forecloses its own in rem parcels separately from the county, so a Troy parcel may be in a city channel and not in the county's List No. 1 at all. And because minimum bids are set administratively for every parcel, screening starts with the county's published minimums when the terms post, not with a nominal opening figure. Until the Bureau of Finance publishes the date and the annexed terms of sale, there is nothing to verify beyond the authorization itself. Verify the live terms before you go.

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