ยง 331. Laws and decrees of foreign countries appointing agents and
attorneys and recording of the same. A copy of a law of a foreign
country or of a decree of the executive power of such a country,
appointing an agent or attorney with power to execute and deliver in the
name or on behalf of such foreign country, any instrument in writing
granting, assigning, surrendering or in any manner affecting any estate
or interest of such government in real property within this state, or
assigning or discharging any lien or claim of such government upon real
property within this state, or of a law or decree revoking such an
appointment, if in English, or a translation into English of any such
law or decree, if the original thereof be in a language other than
English, when certified and recorded as hereinafter provided, shall be
presumptive evidence of the authority of such agent or attorney.
Certification of such copy or translation shall be made under the great
seal of such foreign country and shall be to the effect that the same is
a true copy or translation of such law or decree. Such copy or
translation of such law or decree, when so certified, may be recorded in
the office of the clerk or register of any county of this state, and
such copy or translation when so certified and recorded, or a certified
copy of the record thereof, shall be received as evidence in any court
of this state. The authority conferred under any instrument so recorded
shall not be deemed revoked as to property situated in any county except
by the recording in such county of a copy or translation of a law or
decree to that effect, duly certified in the manner hereinbefore
provided. Nothing in this section shall in any way affect the right or
power of a foreign country to acquire, hold or convey real property in
this state, or be construed to confer any such right or power.
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.