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NY Real Prop L § 332 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9 - Recording Instruments Affecting Real Property 332 - The Record of Certain Conveyances Validated.

§ 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.
NY Real Prop L § 332-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9 - Recording Instruments Affecting Real Property 332-A - Validation of the Record, Execution and Proof or Acknowledgment of Certain Other Instruments.

§   332-a.   Validation   of   the  record,  execution  and  proof  or   acknowledgment of certain other instruments.  The record made  prior  to   the  day  when  this  act  takes  effect  in the office of the recording   officer of any county in this state  or,  the  execution  and  proof  or   acknowledgment  made prior to the day when this act takes effect, of any   deed,  mortgage,  assignment  or  satisfaction  piece  of  a   mortgage,   discharge  or release of part of mortgaged premises, or other conveyance   or a power of attorney, the acknowledgment of the execution of which  by   a  corporation was made by an officer thereof, or the execution of which   was proven by a subscribing witness, such acknowledgment or proof having   been taken or made before an officer or person thereto  authorized,  and   the certificate or certification thereof or therefor being sufficient as   to form in all respects except that it either did not state the place of   residence  of  such  officer  of  the corporation or of such subscribing   witness or did not state it with sufficient particularity, shall  be  in   all  respects  as  valid  and  effectual  as  though such certificate or   certification had contained a sufficient statement as to such  place  of   residence;  but  this  section shall not affect any action or proceeding   pending at the time of the taking effect thereof.
NY Real Prop L § 332-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9 - Recording Instruments Affecting Real Property 332-B - The Record of Certain Other Conveyances Validated.

§  332-b.  The  record  of certain other conveyances validated. 1. The   record made subsequent to February thirteenth,  nineteen  hundred  forty   and  prior  to  the time this section shall take effect 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  any  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.  Nothing  in  this  section  shall  affect  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 shall take effect.
NY Real Prop L § 333-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9 - Recording Instruments Affecting Real Property 333-A - Same; Maps to Be Filed.

§  333-a.  Same;  maps to be filed.  No conveyance of real property or   other document relating to real property,  executed  on  or  after  July   first,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-one,  which contains a recital of or a   reference to a map made on or after that date  or  which  has  thereunto   attached  such  a  map, shall be received for record or recorded by such   recording officer unless and until a duplicate of such map, prepared  in   the  same  manner  as  prescribed for the preparation of maps in section   three hundred and thirty-four of this chapter, shall  be  filed  in  the   office  of such recording officer and no map, attached to any conveyance   or other document relating to real property, shall exceed  the  standard   legal  cap  size,  except that in the county of Putnam the size shall be   not less than twenty by twenty inches and not more  than  thirty-six  by   forty-eight  inches  in size and that in the counties of Westchester and   Dutchess the size shall not  be  more  than  thirty-six  by  forty-eight   inches. This section shall not apply to the counties of New York, Kings,   Queens, Nassau, Suffolk, Bronx, Onondaga, Erie, Monroe or Richmond.Notwithstanding  any of the provisions of this section a conveyance of   real property or other document relating to real property shall  not  be   invalid  or  void  for  failure to file therewith any map referred to in   such conveyance or document.
NY Real Prop L § 333-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9 - Recording Instruments Affecting Real Property 333-B - Recording of Maps or Plot Plans.

§ 333-b. Recording of maps or plot plans. 1. Notwithstanding any other   provisions  of  this  article,  a  map  or  plot  plan  showing property   boundaries and data not relating to subdivisions and the filing  thereof   may be recorded in the same manner as a deed, if the map or plot plan is   attached  to  the  conveying  instrument.  A  map  or plot plan recorded   pursuant  to  this  section  shall  clearly  delineate  and  locate   by   dimensions  the  parcel  or  interest  conveyed in such manner that such   parcel or interest can be located on the premises affected. Such map  or   plot  plan  may appear on one or more pages as needed, shall be drawn on   legal size paper and shall have lettering thereon no smaller than  elite   type,  and  all  lines  shall be legible and of sufficient size for easy   reading after photocopying or microfilming. The  recording  officer  may   reject or refuse to record any map or plot plan that is unclear, crowded   and not suitable for photocopying.2.  If  the  property  is  situated  in a county maintaining a tax map   department, it shall be the duty of the person, corporation or agent who   offers such map or plot plan for recording to deliver to and leave  with   the  recording  officer  a  duplicate copy of the map or plot plan. Such   duplicate copy shall be transmitted to the  tax  map  department  on  or   before  the  fifteenth  day of each month by the recording officer or by   such other officer  or  agency  as  may  be  designated  by  the  county   legislative body.
NY Real Prop L § 333-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9 - Recording Instruments Affecting Real Property 333-C - Lands in Agricultural Districts; Disclosure.

§  333-c.  Lands  in  agricultural  districts; disclosure. 1. When any   purchase and sales contract is presented  for  the  sale,  purchase,  or   exchange  of  real  property  located  partially  or  wholly  within  an   agricultural district established pursuant to the provisions of  article   twenty-five-AA  of  the  agriculture  and  markets  law, the prospective   grantor shall present to the prospective  grantee  a  disclosure  notice   which states the following:"It  is  the  policy  of  this  state  and this community to conserve,   protect and encourage the development and  improvement  of  agricultural   land  for  the  production of food, and other products, and also for its   natural and ecological  value.  This  disclosure  notice  is  to  inform   prospective  residents  that the property they are about to acquire lies   partially or wholly within an agricultural  district  and  that  farming   activities  occur  within  the  district.  Such  farming  activities may   include, but not be limited to, activities that cause  noise,  dust  and   odors.  Prospective  residents  are  also  informed that the location of   property within an agricultural  district  may  impact  the  ability  to   access  water  and/or  sewer  services  for  such property under certain   circumstances.  Prospective purchasers are urged to contact the New York   State  Department  of  Agriculture  and  Markets  to  obtain  additional   information  or  clarification  regarding  their  rights and obligations   under article 25-AA of the Agriculture and Markets Law."2. Such disclosure notice shall be signed by the  prospective  grantor   and  grantee  prior  to  the  sale,  purchase  or  exchange of such real   property.3. Failure of the seller to provide  such  information  to  the  buyer   shall not prevent the recording officer from filing such deed.
NY Real Prop L § 335-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9 - Recording Instruments Affecting Real Property 335-A - Easements of Necessity.

§  335-a.  Easements  of necessity. The owner of any lot, plot, block,   site or other parcel of real estate being a subdivision  or  part  of  a   subdivision  of any larger parcel or parcels of real property shown upon   a map of said parcel or parcels of real property and of its  subdivision   or  subdivisions,  filed  in  the  office  of the county clerk or of the   register of deeds of the county where the property is situated, prior to   the sale or conveyance of such lot, plot, block, site or  other  parcel,   or subdivision thereof by the seller thereof, upon which map any road or   street  is  indicated  or  shown  as giving access to or egress from any   public road or street to such lot, plot, block, site or other parcel  of   real  estate  thereon  indicated or to any part thereof, sold or granted   after such filing, and the owner of any lot, plot, block, site or  other   parcel  of  real  estate, the conveyance whereof shall specifically give   the right of access to or egress from the same by any  private  road  or   street  over  lands  belonging to the maker of such conveyance and which   road or street is described in such conveyance, may, when  necessary  to   the  enjoyment  of  the lot, plot, block or site or other parcel of real   estate so sold or conveyed and when the same is not bounded by a  public   road,  lay,  beneath  the roads or streets indicated and shown upon such   map or described in such conveyance as giving access to or  egress  from   any public road to such property so sold or conveyed as aforesaid, wires   and  conduits  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  the  said property with   electric light and telephone service. Such wires or  conduits  shall  be   laid  only  on  condition that the private roads or streets on which the   owner has the right of access to or egress from such property  shall  be   restored  as nearly as possible to their original condition and that the   person or persons entitled to the fee of such private roads  or  streets   or  having  an  easement  over  the same shall be compensated for actual   damage occasioned by the laying of such wires or conduits.Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect in any manner lands   acquired by the city of New York for  the  purpose  of  construction  or   development of its water supply system.
NY Real Prop L § 335-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9 - Recording Instruments Affecting Real Property 335-B - Recording of Solar Energy Easements.

§ 335-b. Recording of solar energy easements. 1. Any easement obtained for the purpose of exposure of a solar energy device shall be created in writing  and  shall  be  subject to the same conveyancing and instrument recording requirements as other easements.   2. Any instrument creating a solar energy easement shall include,  but the contents shall not be limited to:  (a) The vertical and horizontal angles, expressed in degrees, at which the  solar energy easement extends over the real property subject to the solar energy easement.  (b) Any terms or conditions or  both  under  which  the  solar  energy easement is granted or will be terminated.  (c)  Any  provisions  for  compensation  of  the owner of the property benefiting from the solar energy easement in the event  of  interference with  the  enjoyment of the solar energy easement or compensation of the owner  of  the  property  subject  to  the  solar  energy  easement  for maintaining the solar energy easement.
NY Real Prop L § 336 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9 - Recording Instruments Affecting Real Property 336 - Effect of Recording Demands or Requirements of Alien Property Custodian.

§  336.  Effect of recording demands or requirements of alien property   custodian.  The recording in any county clerk's or register's office  of   a demand or requirement against real property described therein, made by   or  on  behalf of the alien property custodian under and pursuant to the   trading with the enemy act adopted by the  United  States  congress  and   approved  October  sixth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen, or any act   amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, or any  executive  order  or   proclamation  issued in pursuance thereof, when duly indexed against the   name of the person  or  corporation  whose  property  has  thereby  been   demanded or required, shall have the same force and effect as the making   of,  delivery  and recording of a deed of such real property or interest   therein by such person or corporation to said alien property  custodian.   All  recitals  contained  in  any such demand or requirement, and in any   deed made by such custodian heretofore  or  hereafter  recorded  of  all   facts  required  or  permitted  by said acts, proclamations or executive   orders to be found or determined by said alien property  custodian,  and   all   recitals   of   conclusions   or   determinations  by  said  acts,   proclamations or executive orders authorized to be made by him, and  all   recitals  of  acts  or  things  done  by said custodian or his agents in   respect to the seizure of said property shall be evidence of the  facts,   conclusions,  determinations, acts and things so recited in any court of   this state in any  action  or  proceeding  affecting  the  title  to  or   ownership  of  such real property. Three months after this section takes   effect and the recording of the instrument containing such recitals, the   same shall become conclusive evidence of all  such  facts,  conclusions,   determinations,  acts and things as are so recited therein in any action   in any court affecting the title to or ownership of  said  land,  unless   said  action  shall  have  been  commenced before the expiration of such   three months.
NY Real Prop L § 337 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-A - Subdivided Lands 337 - Definitions.

§  337. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. The words "subdivided   lands" and "subdivision" mean vacant land or lands sold or leased on the   installment plan or offered for sale or lease  on  such  plan  and  also   vacant  land or lands situated outside the state of New York and sold or   leased or offered for sale or lease on the installment plan or upon  any   and all other plans, terms and conditions of sale or lease.2.  The  word  "subdivider"  shall  include every person, partnership,   corporation, company or association who or  which  engages  directly  or   through  an  agent  in  the business of selling, leasing or offering for   sale or lease subdivided lands and subdivisions to the  public  in  this   state.3.  The  words  "installment  plan"  mean  any  plan,  arrangement  or   agreement pursuant to the terms, covenants and  conditions  whereof  the   proposed  purchaser of vacant land or lands to be acquired amortizes the   purchase price by periodic payments and whereby the conveyance of  title   to  the  purchaser  of  such vacant land or lands is deferred until such   time as all said periodic payments have been made and shall also include   the provision in a plan, arrangement or agreement or lease  requiring  a   consideration  from the lessee in addition to the periodic payments as a   condition precedent to the conveyance of title to the lessee.4. The words "a lease of land or lands on the installment  plan"  mean   and  include  a  plan,  arrangement or agreement whereunder the periodic   payments made are designated as rent and upon  the  completion  of  such   payments  the  lessee is entitled to a conveyance of title to the vacant   land or lands leased.5. The words "fraudulent practice" or "fraudulent practices" mean  any   device, scheme or artifice employed by a subdivider to defraud or obtain   money  or  property  by  means  of any false pretense, representation or   promise, or that a subdivider makes or attempts to  make  fictitious  or   pretended  purchases,  sales  or  leases  of vacant land or lands to the   public in this state, or engages  in  or  is  about  to  engage  in  any   practice  or transaction or course of business relating to the purchase,   sale or lease of  vacant  land  or  lands  which  is  fraudulent  or  in   violation  of  law  and  which  has operated or which would operate as a   fraud  upon  the  purchaser,  or  that  any  owner  or   subdivider   as   hereinbefore  defined  has  sold or offered for sale or is attempting to   sell or is offering for sale any vacant land or lands  in  violation  of   the provisions of this article.
NY Real Prop L § 337-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-A - Subdivided Lands 337-C - Right to Cancel.

§  337-c.   Right to cancel.  Every contract or agreement for the sale   or lease of subdivided lands shall expressly grant to the  purchaser  or   lessee  the  absolute  right  to cancel the contract or agreement within   seven days following the signing of the contract or agreement, by giving   the subdivider notice of cancellation  at  the  address  listed  in  the   offering  statement  filed by the subdivider, by registered or certified   mail return receipt requested.  Within ten days of  receipt  of  such  a   notice  of  cancellation the subdivider shall return to the purchaser or   lessee all consideration paid or delivered on account of  such  contract   or agreement.
NY Real Prop L § 339 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-A - Subdivided Lands 339 - Filing Fees.

§ 339. Filing fees. Each filing made pursuant to section three hundred   thirty-seven-a  of  subdivided  lands  situated outside the state of New   York shall be accompanied by a filing fee of seven hundred fifty dollars   plus an additional fee of ten dollars for each  lot  to  be  offered  in   excess of seventy-five lots.
NY Real Prop L § 339-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-A - Subdivided Lands 339-A - Rules and Regulations.

§ 339-a. Rules and regulations. The department of state shall have the   power  to adopt from time to time or amend such rules and regulations as   it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.