Treasurer and Real Property

The Treasurer’s Office is a mandated department under New York State and County law. The department is responsible for the County’s fiscal management, including fiscal records, payroll, accounts payable and receivable, tax collection, and cash management. All Genesee County residents and County departments benefit from the services provided by the Treasurer’s Office. In 2023, the Treasurer’s Office monitored all activities for and accounted for a total adopted budget of $162,675,497.

The Treasurer’s Office is a true asset to the employees and residents of Genesee County. Numerous functions are handled in the Treasurer’s Office that often go overlooked. Some of these lesser-known responsibilities include:

• Issuing Certificates of Residency to approximately 200 students annually
• Maintaining bail funds and court and trust monies
• Receiving and distributing sales tax and mortgage tax monies to local municipalities
• Collecting and distributing bed tax monies
• Performing various other financial and administrative responsibilities

Starting in 2010, the Treasurer’s Office was merged with the Real Property Tax Services Department. The merged department is now known as the Treasurer’s Office. The Real Property Tax Services Division of the Treasurer’s Office exists to assist and support all municipalities within Genesee County with their responsibilities to provide for a fair and equitable administration of the real property tax. The division provides many services that benefit individuals, municipal representatives, and business owners.

Services provided by the Treasurer’s Office include:

• Coordinating and training Board of Assessment Review members and County assessment personnel in procedures established by state law
• Providing assessment-related data processing services, including assessment rolls and bills, appraisal market and cost documents, mandatory state reports, and public information reports
• Providing tax map services, including maintaining tax maps for all properties in the County and maintaining owner index cards in an online database for all real property throughout the County
• Providing real property information to the public, municipal representatives, and members of the business community

Local taxpayers use this information to find forms and learn how to work with the property tax system. Common topics include challenging an assessment and determining eligibility for exemptions. Realtors, attorneys, appraisers, surveyors, bankers, and title searchers also rely on this information.