Author Archives: Vintage

NYC Real Property Transfer Tax and Late Penalties

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Vintage

In recent months, New York City RPTT Billing Unit has been sending out notices regarding late penalties due. There have been two main reasons for these notices being sent. First, Richmond County had issues when a deed was rejected; the … Continue reading →

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Suffolk County Recording Fee Increase

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Vintage

On March 7th 2012, Suffolk County announced they will be increasing the Real Property Tax Service Agency verification fee to $60 per lot with no maximum fee charge. This means if a parcel being conveyed has two lots, additional charges … Continue reading →

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Department of Finance and DEP Payment Address Change

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Vintage

The NYC Dept. of Finance and Dept. of Environmental Protection have change the address where payments get sent. To make payments to the NYC Dept. of Finance for Taxes, Pest Control, etc. mail payments to the following address: NYC Department … Continue reading →

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**Updated** Schenectady County Recording Fees for Deeds Increasing

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Vintage

Schenectady announced today that starting February 1st, 2012 they will be charging an additional fifteen dollars ($15.00) per deed sent in for recording. The fee is for a real property tax service agency to designate a tax map endorsement number … Continue reading →

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Nassau County Recordings

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Vintage

Due to recent layoffs at the Nassau County, recording of documents have been significantly affected. Recording times are being estimated at 15-20 business days. The County Clerk will only allow examiners to hand in 10 documents per day for recording. … Continue reading →

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Changes to the Nonresident Real Property Estimated Income Tax Payment Form

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Vintage

With the start of 2012, New York has revised the Nonresident Real Property Estimated Income Tax Payment Form also known as IT2663 and IT2664 for Cooperatives. Initially when the new 2012 forms were released they stated the old tax amount … Continue reading →

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Update: Kings County Register Moving

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Vintage

On November 21st, we posted that the Kings County Register will move it’s Back Chain and C&R Books to the Queens County Register.  The City has confirmed the move for December 5th to December 9th and we will only have limited access … Continue reading →

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Delay in Kings Titles

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Vintage

On 12/5/2011 the Kings County Register’s Office will be moving their back chain and C&R books to the Queens County Register’s Office.  This will delay our abstracts at least a week due to the examiner having to travel to Queens to … Continue reading →

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Electronic Recording of Digital Documents

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Vintage

On September 25, 2011 Governor Cuomo signed into law an ACT that will amend the State Technology Law and Real Property Law regarding the recording of electronic documents.  This Bill authorizes County Clerks to require that conveyances of real property … Continue reading →

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Putnam County

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Vintage

Starting January 1, 2012 Putnam County will require any documents submitted for recording to have and Electronic Cover Page generated.  This is similar to the system that Richmond County has in place.  We have already setup an account, ran through … Continue reading →

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