Hudson Valley

Palm Tree, New York

Palm Tree is a town in Orange County, in New York's Hudson Valley region, home to about 33,000 people as of the 2020 census.

Type: Town
County: Orange
Region: Hudson Valley
Population (2020): 32,954

How Palm Tree works

Start with the town, then check whether the address is inside a village.

Usually, the town is the local front door. The important exception is an address inside an incorporated village, where village and town responsibilities can split.

The town remains a government layer inside its villages

The Town of Palm Tree is a general-purpose local government. Its incorporated villages include Kiryas Joel. A village resident remains a town resident and taxpayer, while the village may add its own government, services, and tax line.

New York town-government guide

Permits, assessment, and tax payment are separate records

The building or zoning office decides what local approval a project needs. The assessor keeps value and exemption records. The tax receiver or collector handles the bill in hand. A single Town Hall page may route all three, but one record cannot answer for the others.

Palm Tree building and zoning Palm Tree tax bills Full local office map

The school district is a separate map

The Kiryas Joel Village school district is separate from Palm Tree town government. It has its own enrollment rules, budget, and school-tax line. Confirm the exact address before treating the municipal line as the school line.

NYSED school and district profiles New York school-enrollment guide

The deed and estate court stay with the county

Town assessment and tax pages can show a parcel or owner, but the recorded deed and mortgage belong with the clerk for the parcel's county. Probate and administration normally follow the county where the person lived.

Orange County land records New York estate guide

Ordinary example

A homeowner starts a project in Palm Tree

The parcel is inside Kiryas Joel. The homeowner checks whether the village or town owns the permit, uses the assessor named for the parcel, keeps the county deed record separate, and confirms the school district from the address.

Property tax snapshot

Outside-village planning range: $11.8 per $1,000

The state rows combine county + town + school district on a full-value basis (FY2025). On a $300,000 home that's about $3,539 a year before STAR, exemptions, and special-district charges; an address inside a village can use different town/county rows and a separate village tax.

A planning estimate, not a bill. The exact address and school district decide the row. Confirm it with the assessor and current tax bill.

Who handles this here

Start at the counter that owns the record.

New York divides everyday work among municipal, county, state, court, and City offices. This is the routing map. Confirm current forms, fees, hours, and deadlines on the official office page before acting.

Assessment, exemptions, and grievance

Assessment guide

This is the office that owns the assessed-value record and local exemption file.

Palm Tree Receiver of Taxes and Assessments

Orange County's official directory names the town office responsible for assessment and tax collection.

Clerk, licenses, and municipal records

Marriage guide

Use the clerk for the records and licenses this government actually keeps. A village clerk does not automatically own the town's marriage-license work.

Palm Tree Town Clerk and Registrar

Use the town clerk for town records and registrar work. The county directory separately lists the Kiryas Joel Village Clerk.

Building, zoning, and land use

Project guide

Start here for local permits, inspections, zoning, and code questions. County health, wetlands, shoreline, or park review can still add another office.

Kiryas Joel-Palm Tree Building Inspector

The official directory lists the same building inspector for the town and village; no direct department page is published.

Property-tax bills and payments

Match the office to the bill in hand. Village, town or city, county, and school taxes do not always use the same collector.

Palm Tree Receiver of Taxes

The Village's official bill site includes a separate Town/County Property Tax Bills route. It is a task site, not a Palm Tree town homepage.

The listed official office routes were individually reviewed, most recently on July 14, 2026. Confirm current forms, fees, hours, and deadlines with the office before acting.

Deeds, mortgages, and recorded land documents

Orange County Clerk

The county clerk is the usual recording office outside New York City. Use the county's official site for fees, forms, hours, and its records system.

Probate, administration, and small estates

Orange County Surrogate's Court Estate guide

Estate proceedings generally follow the county where the person was domiciled, not the nearest courthouse or nursing-home address.

More local service routes

Starting a business or using a business name

Palm Tree and New York business offices

State formation does not approve the address or activity. Check the local clerk, zoning, building, and county lanes that fit the business.

Public school enrollment after a move

The serving school district