Board of Elections

The Board of Elections is a separate entity governed by the State of New York and funded through the County Government.

Buildings & Grounds

The Buildings and Grounds Department oversees the maintenance safety, cleaning and efficient operation of all facilities and equipment at County owned buildings and grounds.

Community Services

The Yates County Community Services Department with its duly appointed Community Services Board is a planning and policy making entity that monitors and oversees all services in the county in the disability areas of mental health, mental retardation and developmental disabilities and alcoholism and substance abuse.

County Administrator

The County Administrator oversees the daily operations of the County government, coordinating and guiding interdepartmental and interagency activities and projects, and representing the County in various community endeavors

County Attorney

The Yates County Attorney provides civil legal services to the Yates County Legislature, as well as the County's officers, employees and department heads.

County Clerk

The mission of the County Clerk's Office is to record, file and preserve a variety of records and to process and issue a variety of documents.

Department of Finance

The Department of Finance handles Yates County budgeting

District Attorney

The Yates County District Attorney's Office prosecutes all levels of crimes and offenses that occur within Yates County.

DMV

Emergency Management

The Office of Emergency Management provides opportunities of training to County Emergency Responders, coordinates the response to emergency of all kinds, collaborates on policies with the Enhanced 911 Dispatch Center, develops and maintains plans, coordinates disaster preparedness and hazardous mitigation activities and provides support services to many local government organizations.

Highway

The Yates County Highway Department's mission is to provide the traveling public with a reasonably safe and efficient transportation system that includes 180 miles of roads and 40 bridges.

Historian

The Office of Public History comprises the Historian and Records Management departments.

Personnel

The Yates County Personnel Office is responsible for the administration and management of Human Resource and Personnel functions for the employees of Yates County.

Planning

Download planning documents and learn about the Planning Department.

Probation

The Yates County Probation Department is located in the Yates County Courthouse. It performs vital, mandated functions in both the Criminal and Family Court systems.

Public Defender

Find out how to contact the public defender.

Public Health

The Department includes two major program areas: Public Health Prevention Services and Special Children’s Services.

Real Property

Learn about property taxes, tax mapping and other tax information.

Sheriff

Learn about law enforcement, the department's mission and read through crime information.

Social Services

The Yates County Department of Social Services will be recognized as a leader and a partner in building a healthy, safe and caring community through our compassionate and respectful services to individuals and families.

Treasurer

Pay your property or occupancy tax online. Print a certificate of residency application. View tax acquired properties.

Veterans Service Agency

The vision of the Veterans Service Agency (VSA), in partnership with the Veterans Affairs both federal and state, as well as other county agencies and departments, is to provide all veterans and their dependents with the benefits they have earned

Weights & Measures

View weights and measures for Schuyler, Yates, and Chemung Counties.

Workforce Development

The Yates County Department of Workforce Development One-Stop Center is a cooperative effort with partners in the Finger Lakes Works Workforce Development System in the four-county Finger Lakes region of Yates, Ontario, Seneca and Wayne counties

Youth Bureau

The purpose of the Youth Bureau is to promote, establish, and maintain a unified system of youth development, recreation and delinquency prevention programs throughout Yates County.