§ 1125. Personal notice of commencement of foreclosure proceeding. 1.\n(a) Parties entitled to notice. The enforcing officer shall on or before\nthe date of the first publication of the notice above set forth cause a\nnotice to be mailed to (i) each owner and any other person whose right,\ntitle, or interest was a matter of public record as of the date the list\nof delinquent taxes was filed, which right, title or interest will be\naffected by the termination of the redemption period, and whose name and\naddress are reasonably ascertainable from the public record, including\nthe records in the offices of the surrogate of the county, or from\nmaterial submitted to the enforcing officer pursuant to paragraph (d) of\nthis subdivision, (ii) any other person who has filed a declaration of\ninterest pursuant to section eleven hundred twenty-six of this title\nwhich has not expired, and (iii) the enforcing officer of any other tax\ndistrict having a right to enforce the payment of a tax imposed upon any\nof the parcels described upon such petition.\n (b) Notification method. (i) Such notice shall be sent to each such\nparty both by certified mail and ordinary first class mail, subject to\nthe provisions of subparagraph (iv) of this paragraph. The notice shall\nbe deemed received unless both the certified mailing and the ordinary\nfirst class mailing are returned by the United States postal service\nwithin forty-five days after being mailed. In that event, the enforcing\nofficer or his or her agent shall attempt to obtain an alternative\nmailing address from the United States postal service. When notice is\nrequired to be sent to the commissioner of taxation and finance, an\nalternative notice may be used by the enforcing officer, in accordance\nwith instructions prescribed by the commissioner of taxation and\nfinance.\n (ii) If an alternative mailing address is found, the enforcing officer\nshall cause the notice to be mailed to such owner at such address both\nby certified mail and by ordinary first class mail. Notwithstanding any\nprovision of law to the contrary, such owner may redeem the parcel in\nquestion or serve a duly verified answer to the petition of foreclosure\nuntil either the thirtieth day after such mailing, or the date specified\nby the notice of foreclosure as the last day for redemption, whichever\nis later.\n (iii) If no alternative mailing address can be found, then in the case\nof an owner, the enforcing officer shall cause a copy of such notice to\nbe posted as provided herein on the property to which the delinquent tax\nlien relates; in the case of a non-owner, the enforcing officer shall\ncause a copy of such notice to be posted in his or her office and in the\noffice of the clerk of the court in which the petition of foreclosure\nhas been filed. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,\nthe party to whom such notice is directed may redeem the parcel in\nquestion or serve a duly verified answer to the petition of foreclosure\nuntil either the thirtieth day after such posting or delivery, or the\ndate specified by the notice of foreclosure as the last day for\nredemption, whichever is later.\n (iv) Where an owner is listed as "unknown" on the tax roll and the\nname of such owner cannot be found in the public record, the notice\nshall be mailed to the property address by ordinary first class mail\naddressed to "occupant" and a copy thereof shall be posted on the\nproperty to which the tax lien relates.\n (c) Posting of notice. When a notice is required to be posted on the\nproperty to which the delinquent tax lien relates pursuant to this\nsection, the posting shall be deemed sufficient if it is either (i)\naffixed to a door of a residential or commercial structure on the\npremises, or (ii) attached to a vertical object, such as a tree, post or\nstake, and plainly visible from the road. Provided, that if, when\nvisiting the premises for this purpose, the enforcing officer or his or\nher agent
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