§ 290. Definitions; effect of article. 1. The term “real property,” as used in this article, includes lands, tenements and hereditaments and chattels real, except a lease for a term not exceeding three years. 2. The term “purchaser” includes every person to whom any estate or interest in real property is conveyed for a valuable […]
§ 291. Recording of conveyances. A conveyance of real property, within the state, on being duly acknowledged by the person executing the same, or proved as required by this chapter, and such acknowledgment or proof duly certified when required by this chapter, may be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county where […]
§ 291-a. Recording conveyances of land in towns in Chautauqua county; duties of county and town clerks. 1. Every deed and will relating to real property in Chautauqua county, outside the cities of Jamestown and Dunkirk, and every judicial decree establishing the right of inheritance to real property within Chautauqua county shall, before the same […]
§ 291-b. Recording conveyances of land in towns in Cattaraugus county; duties of county and town clerks. Every deed and will relating to real property in Cattaraugus county, outside the cities of Olean and Salamanca, and every judicial decree establishing the right of inheritance to real property within Cattaraugus county shall, before the same be […]
§ 291-c. Recording memoranda of leases. In lieu of the recording of a lease for a term exceeding three years, pursuant to section two hundred ninety-one of this chapter, there may be recorded with like effect a memorandum of such lease, executed by all persons who are parties to the lease, and acknowledged or proved, […]
§ 291-cc. 1. Recording modifications of leases. Where a lease or memorandum of such lease has been recorded, an unrecorded agreement modifying such lease or memorandum is void as against a subsequent purchaser in good faith and for a valuable consideration, and the possession of the tenant shall not be deemed notice of the modification, […]
§ 291-d. Recording of master forms of mortgage covenants and clauses; incorporation thereof by reference. 1. An instrument containing a form or forms of mortgage covenants, conditions, obligations, powers, releases, and other clauses may be recorded in the office of the recording officer of any county and such recording officer, upon the request of any […]
§ 291-e. Exceptions, reservations and recitals referring to unrecorded conveyances and contracts for sale of real property. 1. This section applies to any language, contained in a conveyance of real property in this state, which (a) excepts or reserves a part or any or all parts of the described premises which have been or may […]
§ 291-f. Rights where recorded mortgage restricts landlord’s action in respect to leases. An agreement, referring to this section, contained in a recorded mortgage of real property, or in a recorded instrument relating to such mortgage, restricting the right or power, as against the holder of the mortgage without his consent, of the owner of […]
§ 291-g. Recording insurance information. Every owner of a multiple dwelling, as defined in subdivision two of section two hundred thirty-nine-a of this chapter, which is located in a city with a population in excess of one million persons shall file with the department of housing preservation and development an instrument containing the name or […]
§ 291-h. Recording of liens by the state. The state may cause to be filed in the appropriate office of the city register of the city of New York or in the county clerk’s office of the county of Richmond or in the county clerk’s office of any other county of the state where the […]
§ 291-i. Validity of electronic recording. 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, (a) where a law, rule or regulation requires, as a condition for recording, that an instrument affecting real property be an original, be on paper or another tangible medium or be in writing, the requirement is satisfied by a digitized paper document […]
§ 291-j. Recording of declarations by the New York state energy research and development authority. Pursuant to subdivision five of section eighteen hundred ninety-six of the public authorities law, the New York state energy research and development authority shall record or cause to be recorded, in the office of the appropriate recording officer, a declaration […]
§ 292. By whom conveyance must be acknowledged or proved. Except as otherwise provided by this article, such acknowledgment can be made only by the person who executed the conveyance, and such proof can be made only by some other person, who was a witness of its execution, and at the same time subscribed his […]
§ 292-a. Conveyances by certain corporations executed and acknowledged by attorneys in fact entitled to recordation. A conveyance of real property, within the state, or of any interest therein, including an instrument discharging or satisfying a lien created by any such conveyance, executed and acknowledged by an attorney in fact of any corporation wholly owned, […]
§ 293. Recording of conveyances heretofore acknowledged or proved. A conveyance of real property, within the state, heretofore executed, and heretofore acknowledged or proved, and certified, so as to be entitled to be read in evidence, or recorded, under the laws in force at the time when so acknowledged or proved, but which has not […]
§ 294. Recording executory contracts and powers of attorney. 1. An executory contract for the sale, purchase or exchange of real property, or an instrument canceling such a contract, or an instrument containing a power to convey real property, as the agent or attorney for the owner of the property, acknowledged or proved, and certified, […]
§ 294-a. Recording assignments of rent. 1. An assignment of rent to accrue from tenancies, subtenancies, leases or subleases of real property, irrespective of the term of their duration, in existence at the time of the assignment, made, subscribed and acknowledged or proved, and certified in a manner to entitle a conveyance to be recorded […]
§ 294-b. Recording brokers affidavit of entitlement to commission for completed brokerage services. 1. A duly licensed real estate broker who asserts that he or she has produced a person who was ready, able and willing to purchase or lease all or any part of a parcel of real property or any interest in a […]
§ 295. Recording of letters patent. Letters patent, issued under the great seal of the state, granting real property, may be recorded in the county where such property is situated, in the same manner and with like effect, as a conveyance duly acknowledged or proved and certified so as to entitle it to be recorded.
