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Highway Appropriation Notices
| Record Series |
Highway Appropriation Notices |
| Sample of Records |
View a sample record |
| Sample Map |
View a sample map |
| Dates |
1896-Present |
| Location |
Warren County Records Storage & Archives. |
| Format |
Preprinted letter and legal-sized forms with hand-written or typed entries
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| Arranged |
Chronological by File Date |
| Volume |
3.5 cubic ft |
| Department |
County Clerk |
| Legal Restrictions |
None |
| Use Restrictions |
Staff will access all records and must approve all requests for
copies
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| Historical Background |
Highway Appropriation Notices, identified as Form ROW 91-R1a (with various
Schedules) can trace their history back to the turn-of-the century
reorganization of the New York State Highway System (L.1894 Ch. 338) and
the subsequent passage of the Consolidated Highway Law in 1908 which placed
20th century emphasis on the construction and improvement of public
highways. Clearly the State had and continues to have an obligation by law
to notify all reputed property owners of their acquisition of land to carry
out necessary highway construction and improvements. This has been
accomplished by personal service of notice on owners, notification by
certified mail, affidavits, and copies of the accompanying map and/or
survey. In the event an owner is not located, the legal obligation to
notify is accomplished by filing the highway map in the Office of the
County Clerk with an accompanying Schedule C (Unable to Serve). All
documents are a permanent record of the County Clerk.
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| Description of Record Series |
Preprinted letter and legal-sized forms with hand-written or typed entries
contain all information relevant to notice being given for the acquisition
of lands for highway projects and including: Highway Name, Highway Number,
Map and Parcel Numbers, Reputed Owner, Description of Property with Copy of
Map presented for filing (early filing revealed the maps physically
attached by fasteners or staples to the notice), State Dept. of
Transportation Certification, Notary stamps, County Clerk Certification of
Filing and File Dates. Current forms include: Notice of Appropriation
(Schedule A), Affidavits of Personal Service (Schedule B), Notice of Filing
Unable to Serve (Schedule C), Affidavit of Service of Certified Mail
(Schedule E). While date span is 1894-date, we note selected gaps in the
period 1933-1945. Schedule: CO-2 681 and 682.
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| Purpose of Record |
Documents provide, as required by law, a record of notification to a
property owner by New York State of the acquisition of property for highway
construction, improvement and/or right-of-way.
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| Other Formats |
Notices may be re-created (from microfilm) in Deed Books, with original
filed separately.
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| Finding Aids |
Series described on inventory database, archival catalog. Indexed in Deeds;
also on current County Clerk's Computerized Map Index (see Appropriation).
Arranged and accessed by filing dates.
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| Related Series |
Maps - Highway Right-of-Way, Deeds, Civil Actions - Highway, Highway Papers.
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