N.Y. Real Property Law Section 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 be hereafter recorded in the office of the clerk of Chautauqua county be presented to the clerk of said county together with a carbon copy or copies of the substance thereof, equal to the number of townships of the said county in which land is conveyed by the instrument. Such copy or copies shall set forth the date, consideration, the names of the grantors and grantees, the mail address of the grantee and a description of the property conveyed as set out in the instrument of conveyance. Such copy or copies of an instrument of conveyance of land within the county of Chautauqua, outside the cities of Jamestown and Dunkirk, shall be retained by the clerk of the said county until the first day of the month succeeding the date on which it was received, and he thereafter shall transmit immediately all such copies received by him during the preceding month to the clerks of the towns in which such conveyances have occurred. Hereafter the clerk of Chautauqua county or any subordinate in the office of such clerk of Chautauqua county who shall record any instrument of conveyance of real property without receiving and transmitting to the town clerk of the town concerned, a copy thereof as provided herein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. At the time a conveyance is offered for record a fee of twenty-five cents shall be paid to the county clerk in addition to any other moneys required to be paid to entitle the deed to be recorded. The town clerks in each of the towns of Chautauqua county outside the cities of Jamestown and Dunkirk, shall enter the copies of conveyances and all appurtenant data so received from the clerk of Chautauqua county in a record book to be provided and kept for such purpose. Such book and the records contained therein shall be open to public inspection and shall be used by the local assessors in making assessments.

2.

Any deed or instrument of conveyance relating to real property within the towns of Chautauqua, North Harmony, Ellicott, Ellery, Westfield and Busti or the village of Celoron, Chautauqua county, that for the first time conveys an interest in a paper street located within either such town or village to any grantee other than a not-for-profit corporation incorporated pursuant to the laws of this state or similar association or to a municipal corporation, notwithstanding the fact that such deed or instrument shall have been recorded by the clerk of the county of Chautauqua, shall be considered a nullity and given no force and effect unless accompanied by a resolution of the town board of the town or of the board of trustees of the village within which such paper street is located authorizing that such deed or instrument be recorded. For the purposes of this subdivision, a paper street shall mean a street that was designed in a subdivision map when originally filed but which was never subsequently developed or used as a public way.

Source: Section 291-A — Recording conveyances of land in towns in Chautauqua county; duties of county and town clerks, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/RPP/291-A (updated Nov. 27, 2015; accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

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Definitions
291
Recording of conveyances
291–A
Recording conveyances of land in towns in Chautauqua county
291–B
Recording conveyances of land in towns in Cattaraugus county
291–C
Recording memoranda of leases
291–CC
Recording modifications of leases
291–D
Recording of master forms of mortgage covenants and clauses
291–E
Exceptions, reservations and recitals referring to unrecorded conveyances and contracts for sale of real property
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
292–A
Conveyances by certain corporations executed and acknowledged by attorneys in fact entitled to recordation
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
297–B
Recording of certified copies of judgments affecting real property
298
Acknowledgments and proofs within the state
299
Acknowledgments and proofs without the state, but within the United States or any territory, possession, or dependency thereof
299–A
Acknowledgment to conform to law of New York or of place where taken
300
Acknowledgments and proofs by persons in or with the armed forces of the United States
301
Acknowledgments and proofs in foreign countries
301–A
Acknowledgment to conform to law of New York or of foreign country
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
Acknowledgment by corporation and form of certificate
309–A
Uniform forms of certificates of acknowledgment or proof within this state
309–B
Uniform forms of certificates of acknowledgement 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
313
Notary public
313–A
Deputies
314
Recording of conveyances acknowledged or proved without the state, when parties and certifying officer are dead
314–A
Proof when witnesses are dead
315
Recording books
316
Indexes
316–A
Indexing and reindexing conveyances, mortgages and other instruments
316–B
Inactive hazardous waste disposal site registry index
317
Order of recording
318
Certificate to be recorded
319
Time of recording
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
331
Laws and decrees of foreign countries appointing agents and attorneys and recording of the same
332
The record of certain conveyances validated
332–A
Validation of the record, execution and proof or acknowledgment of certain other instruments
332–B
The record of certain other conveyances validated
333
When conveyances of real property not to be recorded
333–A
Same
333–B
Recording of maps or plot plans
333–C
Lands in agricultural districts
334
Maps to be filed
334–A
Filing of subdivision maps in Nassau county
335
Filing of maps and abandonment of subdivisions in Suffolk county
335–A
Easements of necessity
335–B
Recording of solar energy easements
336
Effect of recording demands or requirements of noncitizen property custodian

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

Last modified:
Nov. 27, 2015

§ 291-A’s source at nysenate​.gov

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