NY Real Prop L § 291-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9 - Recording Instruments Affecting Real Property 291-A - Recording Conveyances of Land in Towns in Chautauqua County; Duties of County and Town Clerks.

§  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.