N.Y. Real Property Law 319 – Time of recording
§ 319. Time of recording. The recording officer must make an entry in the record, immediately after the copy of every instrument recorded by him, stating the hour, day, month and year, when it was recorded, and must endorse upon every such instrument a certificate, stating the time as aforesaid, when, and the book and page where, the same was recorded. If the recording is by microphotography or other photographic process, the recording officer must endorse on the instrument the hour, day, month and year when it was recorded, and the serial number or such other designation as will permit easy reference to the record of such instrument, and he must, in addition, place thereon a certificate stating that the instrument has been recorded in deeds or mortgages as the case may be.
Terms Used In N.Y. Real Property Law 319
- recorded: means the entry, at length, upon the pages of the proper record books in a plain and legible hand writing, or in print or in symbols of drawing or by photographic process or partly in writing, partly in printing, partly in symbols of drawing or partly by photographic process or by any combination of writing, printing, drawing or photography or either or any two of them, or by an electronic process by which a record or instrument affecting real property, after delivery is incorporated into the public record. See N.Y. Real Property Law 290
- recording officer: means the county clerk of the county, except in a county having a register, where it means the register of the county. See N.Y. Real Property Law 290