Tompkins County NY Liens: UCC, Tax, Mechanics & Judgments

Search Tompkins County, New York recorded liens by debtor, lender or document number. Get county-recorded UCC filings and the UCC-3 chain, federal tax liens, mechanics liens, judgments, lis pendens, releases and satisfactions with debtor and creditor names, amounts, property data, dates and document numbers as flat rows.

Tompkins County is a separate upstate New York recording jurisdiction centered on Ithaca. It is not part of NYC ACRIS, and this actor does not use the New York State Department of State UCC system. It reads the Tompkins County Clerk public recorded-document index directly, including the county UCC records, judgment docket, federal tax liens, mechanics liens, lis pendens and other statutory liens.

Here is one real record from this actor. document_url, source_page, source_url are left out of this example and included in your dataset.

{
  "record_id": "2026-11112",
  "document_number": "2026-11112",
  "instrument_number": "2026-11112",
  "doc_type": "SATISFACTION",
  "doc_type_code": "SOJ",
  "doc_group": "JUDGMENT",
  "filing_type": "judgment_satisfaction",
  "filing_type_label": "Judgment satisfaction",
  "lien_category": "judgment_lien",
  "lien_category_label": "Judgment lien",
  "is_release": true,
  "recorded_date": "2026-10-20",
  "recorded_year": 2026,
  "debtor_name": "NELSON ADA O",
  "debtor_names": "NELSON ADA O",
  "debtor_count": 1,
  "secured_party_name": "PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK",
  "secured_party_names": "PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; DRYDEN TOWN COURT",
  "secured_party_count": 2,
  "grantor_name": "NELSON ADA O",
  "grantor_names": "NELSON ADA O",
  "grantee_name": "PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK",
  "grantee_names": "PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; DRYDEN TOWN COURT",
  "party_direction": "grantor_debtor",
  "party_roles": "NELSON ADA O | grantor; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK | grantee; DRYDEN TOWN COURT | grantee",
  "party_count": 3,
  "amount": 413,
  "amount_raw": "$413.00",
  "amount_source": "consideration",
  "book": "J",
  "volume": null,
  "page": null,
  "book_volume_page": "J/--/--",
  "page_count": 2,
  "legal_description": null,
  "property_description": null,
  "municipality": null,
  "subdivision": null,
  "lot": null,
  "block": null,
  "unit": null,
  "parcel_numbers": null,
  "remarks": null,
  "county": "Tompkins",
  "state": "NY",
  "source": "Tompkins County Clerk (New York)",
  "search_role": "new_filings",
  "search_term": null,
  "search_terms": "types=ucc,tax_lien,mechanics_lien,judgment_lien,lis_pendens,other_lien; releases=true; 2026-09-21..2026-10-21",
  "search_type": "browse",
  "match_type": "browse",
  "observed_at": "2026-10-21T14:09:45.662Z",
  "confidence": 0.98
}

Input | Output | Pricing

Table of contents

• What you get
• Input and filters
• Use cases
• Coverage and freshness
• Pricing
• Comparison with other Apify actors
• Related LienIntel actors
• FAQ
• Run it through the Apify API

What you get

• One row per recorded lien, judgment, lis pendens or UCC filing: deduplicated by the Clerk's document number.
• Debtor and secured-party detail: every published party and role, not just the name that matched the search.
• Amounts: consideration and judgment amounts when the county publishes them.
• Property data: municipality, subdivision, lot, block, unit, parcel/PIN and a formatted property description.
• Document data: document number, type code, type description, recording date, book/volume/page and page count.
• Matching context: the search term, search side and search type that produced the record.

Each record can carry these 57 fields. A field the source does not publish for a record comes back as null.

Field	Type	Description
record_id	string	Unique record key: the Clerk document number
document_number	string	Tompkins County Clerk document number, for example 2026-11062
instrument_number	string	Instrument number when published
doc_type	string	Document type as published, for example UCC, FEDERAL TAX LIEN or MECHANICS LIEN
doc_type_code	string	Recorder type code, for example UCC, UCN, FTL, LML, DOJ or LIS
doc_group	string	Recorder document group as published
filing_type	string	Normalized filing type, for example ucc_initial, continuation, termination, tax_lien, mechanics_lien, judgment_lien or lien_release
filing_type_label	string	Human-readable filing type
lien_category	string	Normalized category: ucc, tax_lien, mechanics_lien, judgment_lien, lis_pendens or other_lien
lien_category_label	string	Human-readable lien category
is_release	boolean	True for releases, satisfactions, terminations and discharges
recorded_date	string	Recording date in YYYY-MM-DD format
recorded_year	integer	Recording year as an integer
debtor_name	string	Primary debtor, defendant or grantor name
debtor_names	string	All debtor-side names
debtor_count	integer	Number of debtor-side names
secured_party_name	string	Primary secured party, plaintiff, grantee or creditor name
secured_party_names	string	All secured-party names
secured_party_count	integer	Number of secured-party names
grantor_name	string	Primary grantor name as published
grantor_names	string	All grantor names as published
grantee_name	string	Primary grantee name as published
grantee_names	string	All grantee names as published
party_direction	string	Which published side carries the debtor: grantor_debtor, grantee_debtor or secured_party_transfer
party_roles	string	All published parties as name / role strings
party_count	integer	Number of published party entries
amount	integer	Consideration amount in USD when published
amount_raw	string	Raw amount text as published
amount_source	string	Field used for amount, for example consideration
book	string	Book or instrument type from the book/volume/page value
volume	string	Volume number
page	string	Page number
book_volume_page	string	Book, volume and page as published, for example OR/692/582
page_count	integer	Number of recorded pages
legal_description	string	Legal description text when published
property_description	string	Formatted municipality, subdivision, lot, block, unit and parcel description
municipality	string	City or town from the legal description
subdivision	string	Subdivision name when published
lot	string	Lot when published
block	string	Block when published
unit	string	Unit when published
parcel_numbers	string	Parcel or section-block-lot identifiers when published
remarks	string	Recorder remarks and references
document_url	string	Public search URL for the exact document number
county	string	County name: Tompkins
state	string	State code: NY
source	string	Source name
source_page	string	Public Tompkins County Clerk search page
source_url	string	Public Tompkins County Clerk search page
search_role	string	Search side: debtor, secured_party, document_number or new_filings
search_term	string	Search term that produced the record
search_terms	string	Search and date-range context
search_type	string	Search type: name, document or browse
match_type	string	Match type: name, document or browse
observed_at	string	ISO 8601 timestamp when the record was observed
confidence	number	Confidence score for the normalized record
error	string	Error message when no records were returned or the run failed; error records are not charged

Input and filters

All inputs are optional.

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
debtorNames	array	no	(none)	Names to search on the debtor, defendant or grantor side, up to 20. Partial names are supported, for example SMITH, JONES or 33 WEST MAIN. Each name is searched separately and results are deduplicated.
securedPartyNames	array	no	(none)	Names to search on the secured-party, plaintiff, grantee or creditor side, up to 20. For example INTERNAL REVENUE, TOMPKINS BANK or a contractor name. Releases and terminations are also matched by the releasing party.
documentNumbers	array	no	(none)	Exact Tompkins County Clerk document numbers, up to 20, for example 2026-11062 or 2026-10081. Document numbers include the four-digit year and a hyphen.
lienTypes	array	no	["ucc", "tax_lien", "mechanics_lien", "j	Categories to include. Allowed values: ucc, tax_lien, mechanics_lien, judgment_lien, lis_pendens, other_lien. Leave empty for all categories.
includeReleases	boolean	no	true	Include UCC terminations, federal tax-lien releases, judgment satisfactions, mechanics-lien releases and generic lien releases. Turn off to return only new liens and active filings.
dateFrom	string	no	(none)	Earliest recorded date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Leave empty for the last 5 years on a name search, or the last 30 days on a browse run.
dateTo	string	no	(none)	Latest recorded date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Leave empty for today.
maxFilings	integer	no	25	Maximum number of unique lien, judgment, lis-pendens or UCC records to return and charge. Free Apify users receive up to 10 results per run.

A working example to paste into the Input tab:

{
  "debtorNames": [
    "SMITH"
  ],
  "maxFilings": 10
}

Use cases

• Review Ithaca-area mechanics liens, judgments and UCC filings in upstate New York.
• Commercial lenders and credit teams: monitor a borrower or lender name for new secured-party activity.
• Collections and recovery: surface federal tax liens, judgments and mechanics liens against a debtor.
• KYB and due diligence: inspect the parties, amounts, property and document chain behind a recorded lien.
• Construction and supplier credit: find mechanics liens and continuations by owner, contractor or project.

Coverage and freshness

Lien families covered

Family	County index codes	Examples
ucc	UCC, UCN, UAM, UAS, UTN	UCC financing statements, continuations, amendments, assignments and terminations
tax_lien	FTL	Federal tax liens from the Internal Revenue Service
mechanics_lien	LML, LCT	Mechanics liens and orders continuing a mechanics lien
judgment_lien	DOJ, SOJ	Money judgments, judgment transcripts and satisfactions
lis_pendens	LIS	Lis pendens and foreclosure notices
other_lien	NAS, LEP, LRL	Abstracts of judgment, miscellaneous lien notices and generic lien releases

Consumer-sensitive child-support, family-support, social-service, welfare, divorce, custody, paternity and protection-order records are excluded. Deeds, mortgages, mortgage releases, plats, marriage records, military discharges and other non-lien instruments are not returned.

• Jurisdiction: Tompkins County, New York, including Ithaca, Dryden, Groton, Lansing, Newfield, Enfield, Caroline, Danby and Ulysses.
• Source: Tompkins County Clerk public recorded-document index.
• Freshness: the public index was current through the prior business day when the actor was built; the actor reads the live index on every run.
• Record families: county-recorded UCC, federal tax liens, mechanics liens, judgments, lis pendens, other statutory liens and their releases.
• Not included: New York State Department of State UCC filings, NYC ACRIS records, deeds, mortgages, mortgage satisfactions, plats, certified copies, document images, child-support, family-support, social-service, welfare, matrimonial and criminal records.

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing. These are the current Apify prices, read on 2026-11-06.

Event	Price	When it is charged
result	$0.015	Each record delivered to your dataset
apify-actor-start	$0.003	When a run starts, once per GB of run memory with a minimum of one

At the default 512 MB, a run that delivers 100 records costs $1.503.

• Apify asks for a maximum spend of at least $0.018 per run on this actor.
• Accounts on the free Apify plan receive up to 10 results per run.
• If nothing matches or the source fails, you get one row with an error field and no result charge. The start event still applies to the run.
• Set a maximum cost per run and the actor stops delivering results when it reaches that limit.

Comparison with other Apify actors

No dedicated actor for this source on the Apify Store as of November 2026. We searched the public Store on 2026-11-06 with queries including "Tompkins County New York lien", "Tompkins County recorder" and "Tompkins County ucc", and we reviewed the listings for this source and data type. Broader actors exist: shelvick/property-deed-records searches deed and lien records from county recorder indexes. Their listings do not name this source, so we could not confirm that they cover it. Store listings change, so run the same search before you rely on this.

Related LienIntel actors

Other public LienIntel actors for the same buyer:

• Nassau County NY Liens: Tax, Mechanics, Judgment & UCC: county recorded liens and UCC filings in New York
• Suffolk County NY Liens: UCC, Tax, Judgment & Lis Pendens: county recorded liens and UCC filings in New York
• NYC UCC Filings Scraper: ACRIS Liens, Debtors & Lenders: state UCC filings in New York
• Alaska Recorder UCC & Lien Filings: Debtors & Lenders: county recorded liens and UCC filings in Alaska

FAQ

Is Tompkins County part of NYC ACRIS?

No. Tompkins County is an upstate county with its own Clerk index. NYC ACRIS covers Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens and Richmond only.

Does this use the New York State UCC system?

No. Data comes from the Tompkins County Clerk index.

Can I search by lender or secured party?

Yes. Use securedPartyNames. The actor filters results to the secured-party, plaintiff, grantee or creditor side.

Can I get only new liens without releases?

Yes. Set includeReleases: false. UCC terminations, judgment satisfactions and lien releases are then skipped.

Can I look up one document number?

Yes. Use documentNumbers with the exact Clerk number, for example 2026-11062. Prefix matches are rejected.

Does the actor return document images?

No. It returns the public index detail, parties, amounts and property data. Images and certified copies are not downloaded or sold.

Is this an FCRA consumer report?

No. This is public-record research for business, lending, KYB and due-diligence workflows.

Run it through the Apify API

Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/lienintel~tompkins-county-ny-lien-filings/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"debtorNames": ["SMITH"], "maxFilings": 10}'

With the Apify CLI:

$apify call lienintel/tompkins-county-ny-lien-filings --input '{"debtorNames": ["SMITH"], "maxFilings": 10}'

Every run writes to a dataset that you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel from the Storage tab or through the Apify API.

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LienIntel is an independent data provider and is not affiliated with any government office named on this page. Records are public and are provided for research and workflow automation. This is not a certified search and not a consumer report under the FCRA.