Available Document Index Dates

Land Records  - (Mortgages, Deeds, Power of Attorney, Discharges, Assignment, etc.)

                                            January 1, 1986 through current

UCC's and Federal Tax Liens - All active records

Judgments, Mechanics Liens and Lis Pendens - July 15, 1991 through current

DBA's, Corporations and other misc filed documents - February 21, 1994 through current

Index Numbers - January 1, 1993 through current

Available Image Dates

Please note – Document Images are available from January 1980 through December 1985 for and Mortgages and from January 1960 for to December for Deeds. However, you must know the book and page of the document to view the image as no computer indices are available. You can check the manual indices in our office or for Deeds, call your city or town assessor and they will provide you with the book and page. We also have images of our graves indices available for those time periods. They can be found by entering Grantor Index or Grantee Index or Mortgagor Index in the last name field of the Party Name search.

Deed Liber – January 1, 1960 through current

Mortgage Liber – January 1, 1980 through current

Other Recorded Land Documents - February 21, 1994 through current

UCC's and Federal Tax Liens - All active records

Judgments and Liens - February 1, 1994 through current

DBA's, Corporations and other misc filed documents - February 21, 1994 through current

Index Number - Documents NOT available

If you are looking for lists of specific documents for specific date ranges, such as DBAs, Property transfers, Mortgages, your request must be made in writing to the Erie County Clerk’s Office, 92 Franklin Street, Buffalo, New York  14202

Tax Lien Documents

Erie County has 6 large tax lien documents on record. Because of the way they are entered into our system, there appears to be thousands of these documents with the same book and page, however they are the same document. Because of the restrictions on The Clerk’s New Internet System, you should search for them by the following File Num(s)

D110657894   County Tax Lien   filenum 200312300836

D110885266   County Tax Lien   filenum 200412290915

D110620913   County Tax Lien   filenum 200311061594

D110580001   City Tax Lien  filenum  200310010366

D110580092   City Tax Lien  filenum  200310010391

D111073917   County Tax Lien filenum  filed 12/2005 – you can search by the property owner’s name or  enter the  book and page and limit the search by selecting under Name Type – Show only Direct Names