ยง 315. Recording books. Different sets of books must be provided by
the recording officer of each county, for the recording of deeds and
mortgages; in one of which sets he must record all conveyances and other
instruments absolute in their terms, which are not intended as mortgages
or securities in the nature of mortgages, and all executory contracts
for the sale, purchase or exchange of real property, or memoranda
thereof, and all instruments canceling or extending such contracts,
which conveyances, contracts or instruments are delivered to him,
pursuant to law, to be so recorded, and all forms pertaining to
commitments of land to continued agricultural production required to be
so recorded pursuant to section three hundred six of the agriculture and
markets law; and in the other set, such mortgages and securities, and
assignments of rent, delivered to him; excepting that if the recording
is by microphotography or other photographic process, the recording
officer shall not be required to maintain books for such records, but
shall provide such filing equipment as he may deem appropriate. The
recording officer may, in his discretion, record in consecutive order
the instruments received by him, and shall not be required to segregate
mortgages from deeds or other classes of instruments.
Structure New York Laws
Article 9 - Recording Instruments Affecting Real Property
290 - Definitions; Effect of Article.
291 - Recording of Conveyances.
291-C - Recording Memoranda of Leases.
291-CC - Recording Modifications of Leases.
291-F - Rights Where Recorded Mortgage Restricts Landlord's Action in Respect to Leases.
291-G - Recording Insurance Information.
291-H - Recording of Liens by the State.
291-I - Validity of Electronic Recording.
291-J - Recording of Declarations by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
292 - By Whom Conveyance Must Be Acknowledged or Proved.
293 - Recording of Conveyances Heretofore Acknowledged or Proved.
294 - Recording Executory Contracts and Powers of Attorney.
294-A - Recording Assignments of Rent.
294-B - Recording Brokers Affidavit of Entitlement to Commission for Completed Brokerage Services.
295 - Recording of Letters Patent.
296 - Recording Copies of Instruments Which Are in Secretary of State's Office.
297 - Certified Copies May Be Recorded.
297-A - Recording of Certified Copies of Bankruptcy Papers; Constructive Notice.
297-B - Recording of Certified Copies of Judgments Affecting Real Property.
298 - Acknowledgments and Proofs Within the State.
300 - Acknowledgments and Proofs by Persons in or With the Armed Forces of the United States.
301 - Acknowledgments and Proofs in Foreign Countries.
302 - Acknowledgments and Proofs by Married Women.
303 - Requisites of Acknowledgments.
304 - Proof by Subscribing Witness.
305 - Compelling Witnesses to Testify.
306 - Certificate of Acknowledgment or Proof.
307 - When Certificate to State Time and Place.
308 - When Certificate Must Be Under Seal.
309-B - Uniform Forms of Certificates of Acknowledgment or Proof Without This State.
310 - Authentication of Acknowledgments and Proofs Made Within the State.
311 - Authentication of Acknowledgments and Proofs Made Without the State.
312 - Contents of Certificate of Authentication.
314-A - Proof When Witnesses Are Dead.
316-A - Indexing and Reindexing Conveyances, Mortgages and Other Instruments.
316-B - Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Site Registry Index.
318 - Certificate to Be Recorded.
320 - Certain Deeds Deemed Mortgages.
321 - Recording Discharge of Mortgage.
321-A - Recording Discharge of Rent Assignment.
324 - Effect of Recording Assignment of Mortgage.
325 - Recording of Conveyances Made by Treasurer of Connecticut.
326 - Revocation to Be Recorded.
327 - Penalty for Using Long Forms of Covenants.
328 - Certain Acts Not Affected.
329 - Actions to Have Certain Instruments Canceled of Record.
329-A - Lapse of Oil and Gas Interest Within Allegany State Park.
330 - Officers Guilty of Malfeasance Liable for Damages.
332 - The Record of Certain Conveyances Validated.
332-B - The Record of Certain Other Conveyances Validated.
333 - When Conveyances of Real Property Not to Be Recorded.
333-A - Same; Maps to Be Filed.
333-B - Recording of Maps or Plot Plans.
333-C - Lands in Agricultural Districts; Disclosure.
334 - Maps to Be Filed; Penalty for Nonfiling.
334-A - Filing of Subdivision Maps in Nassau County; Penalty for Non-Filing.
335 - Filing of Maps and Abandonment of Subdivisions in Suffolk County; Penalty for Nonfiling.
335-A - Easements of Necessity.
335-B - Recording of Solar Energy Easements.
336 - Effect of Recording Demands or Requirements of Noncitizen Property Custodian.