The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance ("DTF") files tax warrants in county clerks' offices throughout the state. Pursuant to section 6 of the Tax Law, DTF sends the Department of State a notice of the fact that such tax warrants have been filed. The Department of State now maintains an electronic data base of the tax warrant-related notices presented by DTF. These notices may be searched by taxpayer name, by taxpayer city, by county of tax warrant filing, or by any combination of the foregoing.
Please note that DTF first files a tax warrant in a county clerk's office, and then files a notice of such filing in this office. As a result, in most cases there will necessarily be some gap between the time of filing of the actual tax warrant in the county clerk's office and the time of filing of the notice of such filing in this office. Therefore, searchers are encouraged to search in the offices of the appropriate county clerk(s) to determine the most recent status of filing(s) against a given taxpayer.
Inquiries regarding tax warrants in general should be directed to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance. You may wish to visit DTF's frequently asked questions page regarding tax warrants at [NYS Taxation & Finance: Frequently Asked Questions about warrants.] (Opens new window)