Welcome to the Tioga County New York Finance Site

Tioga County Treasurer

Open 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday thru Friday

James P. McFadden, County Treasurer

Jane Bradley, Deputy County Treasurer

Basic Information about Tioga County

The County of Tioga, New York, was established in 1791and is governed by County Law and other general laws of the State of New York. Tioga County is a non-charter county. The County Legislature, consisting of 9 members representing 7 legislative districts, is responsible for the overall operation of the county. Each year the Legislature elects a Chair to serve as the Chief Executive Officer.

The County Treasurer is elected to a 4 year term from county wide voting and serves as the Chief Fiscal Officer.

The County Budget Officer is an appointed position of the County Legislature. Should the County Legislature fail to appoint a Budget Officer the County Treasurer would by law assume the duties.

Based on the 2000 federal census data the county has a population of approximately 51,784. The 2006 county budget was 77.8 million dollars.

Services provided by the County Treasurer

Tax Searches

Residency Certificates

Property Taxes

Enforcement of Taxes

Sale of Properties Taken for Unpaid Taxes

Current Unpaid Tax Listing

Budget Information

The county budget is prepared annually by the County Budget Officer for submission to the County Legislature for review and approval. County departments are required to submit their departmental budget to the Budget Officer around September 1st of each year. After review by the Budget Officer with the departments a preliminary budget is submitted for review and changes by the full County Legislature.

A tentative budget must be released to the public no later than November 15th. After the tentative budget is released a Public Hearing on the budget will be scheduled. Subsequent to the hearing the budget may not be increased without another Public Hearing. The Legislature has until December 20th to adopted the budget for the upcoming year. Should the Legislature not adopt the budget before the deadline the tentative budget as published will become the new budget.

Adopted Budgets are available as Adobe® PDF documents. (Get Adobe Acrobat Reader)