N.Y. Real Property Law Section 332
The record of certain conveyances validated


1.

The record made prior to July first, nineteen hundred fifty-five in the office of the recording officer of any county in this state of any deed, mortgage, assignment or satisfaction piece of a mortgage, or other conveyance or power of attorney, otherwise authorized to be recorded therein, notwithstanding that the certificate of acknowledgment or proof did not set forth the place of residence of a subscribing witness or of a corporate officer or director, or did not set it forth with sufficient particularity, and notwithstanding any other defect in the form of the certificate of acknowledgment or proof or the failure to append thereto a certificate as to the authority of the person who took the acknowledgment or proof, to take the same, or any defect in the form of such certificate of authority, shall be in all respects as valid and effectual as though such certificate of acknowledgment or proof or certificate of authority had been in proper form or such certificate of authority had been appended to such instrument. Provided only that such person was duly authorized at the time of taking the proof or acknowledgment to take the same in the county where the instrument is recorded or in the place, whether within or without the United States, where the same was taken.

2.

All acknowledgments or proofs of conveyance of real property made or taken prior to April tenth, nineteen hundred thirty, before a judge, clerk, deputy clerk or special deputy clerk of a court not of record of this state are confirmed.

3.

All acts of the secretary of state of any state or territory of the United States in authenticating a certificate of acknowledgment or proof of a conveyance of real property within the state, performed before October first, nineteen hundred twenty-five, are hereby confirmed, provided that the said certificate of authentication is in the form required by the laws of this state on March twenty-third, nineteen hundred twenty-six or now required by law.

4.

If an instrument is recorded hereafter notwithstanding the omission from the certificate of acknowledgment or proof of the street and street number of a subscribing witness or of a corporate officer or director contrary to the provisions of sections three hundred four, three hundred nine, three hundred nine-a and three hundred nine-b of this article, the record of such instrument shall not be invalidated by reason of such omission nor shall the title founded on such instrument be impaired thereby.

5.

Nothing in this section shall effect any pending action or proceeding nor the rights of any purchaser in good faith and for a valuable consideration whose conveyance shall have been duly recorded before this section as amended shall take effect.

Source: Section 332 — The record of certain conveyances validated, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/RPP/332 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; 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:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 332’s source at nysenate​.gov

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