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S 5836: Provides that local assessor offices no longer must add a code to notification forms for creation of termination of a mortgage escrow account.
What S 5836 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to update the tax billing address for property owners in the state. If an assessor receives a report of a transfer or is notified of a change in tax billing address, they must update the new address in their records. This includes entering the new address in the data file or assessment roll, depending on the availability of the data file. If the assessor does not have custody of the assessment roll, they must report the new address to the person in charge of the tax roll, who will make the update. The bill does not allow for a change of the property owner's name. Additionally, mortgage investing institutions and their agents do not need to be updated, unless a local government adopts a law or ordinance requiring it. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5836
- What is the current status of S 5836?
- As of January 9, 2026, S 5836 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT".
- Did S 5836 pass?
- Not yet. S 5836 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5836, and where is it now?
- S 5836 was authored by Sen. James Skoufis with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Senate Local Government.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
| Mar. 03, 2025 | REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 3, 2025 · 355 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5836 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 3, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to tax billing addresses The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 518 of the real property tax law, as amended by 2 chapter 145 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 518. Change in tax billing address. Where the assessor receives a 4 report of a transfer occurring after the taxable status date, or is 5 otherwise notified of a change in tax billing address, the assessor 6 shall enter the new tax billing address on the data file, as that term 7 is defined in section fifteen hundred eighty-one of this chapter. Where 8 no such data file exists, the assessor shall enter the new tax billing 9 address on the assessment roll. If the assessor does not have custody of 10 the assessment roll when such report is received, [he or she] they shall 11 report the new tax billing address to the person having custody of the 12 tax roll, which person shall enter the new tax billing address on the 13 tax roll. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to authorize a 14 change of the name of the owner included in the data file or appearing 15 on the roll. Where such "tax billing address" is a mortgage investing 16 institution or agent thereof, the assessor shall not be required to make 17 an entry, provided that the governing body of a city, village, town, 18 school district, fire district or county, after a public hearing, adopts 19 a local law, ordinance or resolution providing therefor. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07908-01-5
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