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The Automated City Register Information System (ACRIS) permits you to search residential or commercial property records and view document images for Manhattan, Queens, Bronx, and Brooklyn from 1966 to today.
- Find a Residential Or Commercial Property Borough, Block and Lot (BBL) or Address
- Access Deeds and Other Recorded Documents
- Create Cover Pages and Tax Return to Record Documents
- Compute and Pay for Residential Or Commercial Property Transfer Taxes
Announcements
Claiming a New York City Real Residential Or Commercial Property Transfer Tax Exemption for Transfers to or from Housing Development Fund Companies (HDFC) - Using ACRIS to create NYC-RPT
Beginning August 19, 2016, taxpayers might be qualified to claim a complete or partial Real Residential or commercial property Transfer Tax exemption for transfers of real residential or commercial property, or financial interests therein, to or from Housing Development Fund Companies, or entities in which a Housing Development Fund Company owns a managing interest (collectively referred to as an "HDFC Transfer") under Section 11-2106( b)( 9) of the Administrative Code of the City of New York (the "HDFC Exemption").
Effective March 24, 2017, the NYC-RPT type has been revised to include:
1. A new Condition of Transfer w. Transfer to an HDFC or an entity managed by an HDFC
2. A new Schedule L - HDFC Exemption
For extra information on how to claim a new Real Residential or commercial property Transfer Tax (" RPTT") exemption for transfers of genuine residential or commercial property topic to certain cost effective housing constraints, click on this link.
FAQs relating to the terminated use of microfiche
Related types
City Register Index Correction Request
City Register Recording Fee Refund Request
Residential Or Commercial Property Information Update Form Please keep in mind that we do not upgrade residential or commercial property info for Individual co-op units.
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Services readily available by consultation
Land Records and City Register services
- Submit documents
- Research, evaluation, and print residential or commercial property records (restricted to one hour).
- Request certified copies of residential or commercial property records.
- Pay filing costs for taping documents by charge card or inspect
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City Register now accepts all documents digitally.
All genuine residential or commercial property transfer tax returns, including returns for transfers of real residential or commercial property located in Staten Island, need to be filed electronically using ACRIS. Real residential or commercial property transfer tax returns for transfers of real residential or commercial property situated in Staten Island should likewise be filed in paper kind.
Document review and acceptance process
Submitting documents
1. What are the steps of the eRecordings process, when I have signed up to eRecord?
1. Prepare the files:.
1. Create the tax forms.
2. Create a cover page.
3. Scan document into PDF
2. Where can I see a step-by-step for this procedure?
Step-by-step directions are offered in the eRecording Document Submission Guide. Found at nyc.gov/ acris
3. If a deal includes single and several documents, can some be submitted via eRecording and others through the routine submission process?
No, all documents from one deal need to be submitted in the same way, either via eRecording or through the regular submission process.
4. What do I do if I am having problems with eRecording?
Contact the Division of Land Records
Guides
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
eRecording Document Submission Guide ACRIS Enhancements Guide.
Fees and requirements
Instructions from the City Register
Completing a Cover Page for a UCC Financing Statement.
The Document Date entered ought to be the exact same as the Cover Page preparation date, or within 6 months of the preliminary UCC filing's expiration date.
Flip Transactions.
When a Flip Transaction (a transfer from celebration A to B, then celebration B to C) is included:
- Complete two separate RPTT forms, utilizing 2 deals.
- Submit under 2 separate cover pages.
- Transfer to the owner (from celebration B to C) must be submitted in the second cover page.
ACRIS converts all uploaded PDF files to images for final archival purposes. It is your responsibility to make sure that the uploaded PDF can be appropriately converted. If it can not, clearness might be lost throughout the conversion procedure, and as an outcome, your submission might be declined, or the file may be placed in the general public record with decreased clearness.
To make sure that the PDF can be appropriately transformed to images, please make sure that your PDF fulfills the following guidelines:
- Document pages must be no larger than 11" x 17" (or 17" x 11" in landscape mode).
- PDFs must be black and white. Colors in PDFs will not transform clearly.
- PDFs ought to not have any layers. Any layers should be flattened before uploading.
- PDFs may not have any made it possible for security features avoiding them from being transformed.
- to images.
- PDFs ought to be image scans with a resolution of 300 DPI.
System schedule
The ACRIS application's "Find Addresses and Parcels and Create Tax Forms/ Create Cover Pages functions might be unavailable throughout the following times due to system maintenance:
- Sundays from 5:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
- Daily from 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM (for numerous minutes only)
ACRIS ePayment may be unavailable at the following times due to system maintenance:
- Nightly from 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM.
- Sundays from 5:00 AM - 10:00 AM
If you are attempting to access any of these functions during these times, service may be interrupted.
System requirements
- Os: Microsoft Windows 7 or later.
- Web Browsers - Internet Explorer 11 and up.
- Firefox (most current variation).
- Chrome (newest version).
- Session Cookies made it possible for.
- Javascript enabled.
- Pop-up blockers disabled
Bandwidth utilization constraints.
In order to offer the very best ACRIS (Automated City Register Information System) experience for all users and to ensure there is no destruction in system performance, the Department carefully keeps an eye on user traffic. System devices are set up to keep an eye on bandwidth utilization and are set to limit the everyday bandwidth utilization to 400 MB, effective May 15, 2006. The Department will reject future access to those IP addresses in offense of this policy.
In addition, the Department restricts access to users of robotics, automatic scripts and other techniques that take in extreme bandwidth to download information from ACRIS. High-volume users need to contact the City Register to develop data membership services that have actually been specifically created to support such traffic.
A word about ACRISasap and ACRIS.com.
Please be advised that neither ACRISasap nor ACRIS.com is a New York City Department of Finance approved service or website. Any errors that occur as a result of utilizing these sites are the duty of the filer, consisting of any resulting charge and interest.
Additional details
Searching for Recorded Documents.
Preparing a Cover Page to Record a File.
Creating Electronic Tax (E-tax) Transfer Forms.
Introducing Electronic Data Services (EDS).
Electronic Data Services (EDS) Resources.
FAQ: General ACRIS Information.
FAQ: Electronic Tax (E-tax) Forms.
Checklist for Document Recording
For additional information on the Real Residential Or Commercial Property Transfer Tax (RPTT) click on this link.
Contact information
Call the ACRIS Customer Service at (212) 487-6300 for support or Email the ACRIS Help Desk.
Contact the Division of Land Records.
Bronx County Office: 3030 3rd Ave, 2nd flooring Bronx, NY 10455.
Kings County Office: 210 Joralemon Street, 2nd flooring Brooklyn NY 11201.
New York City County Office: 66 John Street, 13th flooring New york city, NY 10038.
Queens County Office: 144-06 94th Avenue, Jamaica, Queens 11435
Historical index information memberships.
Historical index data is also readily available for download by unique demand to the City Register. An active membership to download this data is not needed. Instead, such demands will be evaluated and authorized on a case-by-case basis. The cost of downloading historical index information will be priced estimate in advance. When the priced estimate expense is accepted and payment received, the data will be made offered for download. To find out more Contact Finance.