Online Land Records Searches
The following links are to County Clerk information for various counties that
make public records available online.
(for All New York City Counties Except Richmond)
Contains New York City Register records from 1966 to date. Covers the four
counties of
Bronx, New York, Kings and Queens. Richmond County (Staten Island) is not included.
Another website that contains New York City Register and County Clerk records.
View Rockland County land records.
(Search by Tax Parcel Identifier Only)
Retrieve information about recorded instruments in Suffolk County.
(No document images available).
Retrieve information about recorded instruments in Westchester County.
(Subscription required for document images).
Online Tax, UCC, Municipal and Other Information
New York City
Search for C.O.’s and violations in New York City.
Can be used to check for taxes, parking violations and environmental control
board liens as well as other information.
Look up and pay taxes, water charges, ECB’s, PVB’s etc. in New York City.
(Registration Required)
Information for New York City water accounts.
Outside New York City
Used to run names for Uniform Commercial Code filings in the Secretary of State’s Office.
Very informative site with demographic and governmental information for all
municipalities in New York State.
Contains property maps and tax information for Nassau County.
Tax assessments, maps and other property information for land in Orange County.
Official U.S. District, Bankruptcy and Appellate court records. Registration required.
Forms
The following links are to current real estate forms:
Writable HUD-1 in .pdf format.
Writable HUD-1A in .pdf format.
Official instructions for Form 1099-S.
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Real Estate tax forms.
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Real Estate tax forms.
Includes STAR And other exemption forms.
Links to Affidavits, Contracts, Deeds, Mortgages, Transfer Forms, HUD-1s, HUD-1A’s.
UCC forms in pdf format.
Primary Sources
The following links are to free statutes, regulations, and case law:
State and federal statutes, regulations and constitutions, and selected case
law. Excellent site maintained by Cornell University Law School.
Alternate site for statutes, selected case law and government information.
Title Industry Forms
Useful Website with information regarding title insurance.
This website has useful information regarding title insurance specific to New
York State.
List and expmanation of title endorsements available in New York State.
Official promulgated title insurance rate manual.
Miscellaneous Links
A central data repository containing information about U.S. banking
organizations and their domestic and foreign affiliates.
Home page of the NYSBA.
Department of State official search for active and inactive business entities.
Information, forms and fees for practitioners and litigants.
Detailed information about the STAR program from the Office of Real Property
Services.
