The Civil Division

The Sheriff’s Civil Office is located at 411 Main Street, Ste 212, Catskill, NY 12414. You can find us in the Greene County Office Building on the second floor. Our office is inside the County Clerk’s office. You will see us straight ahead.

We are here to serve and assist you Monday through Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm. Our office respects and honors the holidays recognized by Greene County. The main purpose and function of the Civil Office is to serve and execute various legal processes issued by New York courts and courts from other states and jurisdictions. Some of these processes are services of notices, summons, petitions, subpoenas, all stages of an eviction, orders and writs, and executions/judgements, including accepting payments. Other services are sheriff sales, civil arrests, and orders or seizures.

Services & Fees

Civil & Judgment Payments

To make a payment, you will need the following:

  • Payment amount
  • Name of debtor
  • Sheriff’s account number
  • For credit card payments a 3.5% convenience fee will be added to the electronic transaction.

 

Eviction Procedure

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The Warrant of Eviction with 14 Day Notice can only be served by the Sheriff’s Office.

The 14 day notice starts on the effective date or when the warrant is served, whatever is later. During the 14 days the civil office will contact you to set up an appointment where you will meet the deputy at the eviction site to complete the eviction lockout.

The Civil Office will schedule the time for the eviction lockout. The eviction has to be completed in one day, Monday through Friday between sunrise and sunset.

Eviction Day

The landlord or any representative are not to go in the eviction residence without instruction from the deputy or this action may nullify the eviction.

The deputy is at the eviction to oversee and keep the peace.

It is the landlord’s responsibility while the deputy is there to move all the tenant’s personal possessions from the living structure and any outbuildings. The deputy will designate if the possessions need to be moved to a storage unit. Please make arrangements for this possibility.

An inventory list of the landlord’s possessions must be provided on furnished rentals before eviction day. If there is a discrepancy on ownership of an item and no proof can be provided, the item will go to a storage unit.

Sufficient manpower is needed by you to remove the items in a timely manner. If the deputy feels the eviction will take too long based on your manpower he/she will cancel the eviction and have you contact the civil office to reschedule.

Postponements and cancellations made within 24 hours of the scheduled eviction, other than for weather, will have a rescheduling fee of $50.00. If the deputy arrives at the eviction and you do not have enough suitable help to move personal possessions including furniture, the deputy will cancel the eviction. Before the eviction can be rescheduled there will be a fee of $100.00.

***NO REFUNDS GIVEN FOR FEES COLLECTED***

If you have any questions regarding the eviction process please call the civil office at 518-943-3300 option 4.

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Greene County Sheriff Civil Office

Peter J. Kusminsky, Greene County Sheriff

Tracey Quinn, Undersheriff
tquinn@greenesheriffny.gov

Joel Rowell, Captain
jrowell@greenesheriffny.gov

Andrew Overbaugh, Lieutenant
aoverbaugh@greenesheriffny.gov

Andrea Benjamin-Legg, Civil Office Manager
alegg@greenesheriffny.gov
518-943-3300 x 606

Brianne Lee, Confidential Secretary to the Sheriff
blee@greenesheriffny.gov
518-943-3300 x 501

t. 518-943-3300
f. 518-943-6832
e. sheriff@greenesheriffny.com