NY Cty L § 919-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 24 - Provisions Applicable to New York City 919-A - Block Indices in the Office of the County Clerk in the County of Richmond.

§ 919-a. Block indices in the office of the county clerk in the county   of  Richmond.  a.  The  county  clerk  of  the  county of Richmond shall   continue to index under the proper block  numbers  all  instruments  now   required  by  law to be recorded in the books of notices of lis pendens.   Such block index of notice of lis pendens shall be entitled  "the  block   index  of notice of lis pendens" and shall be ruled for entering therein   the date of filing,  the  nature  of  the  action,  the  nature  of  the   instrument,  the  court and index number, the first named defendant, the   first named plaintiff, the lot number or street  address,  if  any,  the   microfilm number and the proceedings had.b.  Such  county  clerk  shall also continue to index under the proper   block numbers all statutory notices of liens or  claims  on  land  other   than  lis  pendens  which  may be filed or recorded in his office, which   index shall be entitled "the block index of liens" and  shall  be  ruled   for  entering  therein the date of filing, the nature of the instrument,   the owner of the premises affected by the notice, the name  and  address   of  the  lienor by whom the claim is made, the amount, the lot number or   street address, if any, and the proceeding had.c. On and after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-one,  the  use  of   land  maps  in  the office of the county clerk of the county of Richmond   shall be discontinued, and the land maps previously in use shall  remain   on  file  for  the purpose of reference. On and after such date, the tax   map for the borough of Staten Island shall be substituted for  the  land   map  theretofore  in use for the county of Richmond, and reference shall   be had to such tax map and to the block numbers designated  thereon  for   the  purpose of indexing instruments required to be indexed in the block   index of notice of lis pendens or in the block index of liens. Such  tax   map shall be conclusive as to the location of block boundaries and block   number designations. Such tax map may be referred to as the land map for   the county of Richmond.d. Unless existing land and tax blocks are presently identical, on and   after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-one, the indices of all blocks   theretofore  existing in the block index of notice of lis pendens and in   the block index of liens shall be  closed  except  for  the  purpose  of   completing  the  indexing  of  instruments filed prior to such date. New   block indices shall thereupon be opened for the block index of notice of   lis pendens and for the block index of liens, which new indices shall be   numbered to conform with the block numbers designated on the tax map  of   the  borough  of  Staten  Island  and  shall thenceforth be used for all   entries relating to land in such blocks. The date of  closing  shall  be   entered  at  the end of each block index so closed and a reference shall   be made to the block number of the corresponding block in the new  block   index.  All  such  new  block  indices  shall  be endorsed on the covers   thereof so as to show the date of the opening thereof.e. Whenever  the  boundaries  of  any  block  on  the  tax  map  shall   thereafter  be  changed  or altered and renumbered according to law, the   block indices of notice of lis  pendens  and  of  liens  of  such  block   theretofore existing comprising the land in the changed or altered block   so  renumbered  as aforesaid shall, except for the purpose of completing   the indexing of instruments filed prior to such change or alteration and   renumbering be closed and discontinued and new block indices  of  notice   of  lis  pendens  and of liens shall be opened for every such renumbered   block, which new  index  shall  thenceforth  be  used  for  all  entries   relating  to land in such block. The date of closing shall be entered at   the end of each block index so closed and a reference shall be  made  to   the  number  of  every new, changed or altered block to be used in place   thereof. The date of opening shall be entered at the beginning of  every    new block index, with a reference to the number of every block before in   use for the land contained in such new block.f.  Every  instrument  presented  to the county clerk of the county of   Richmond for filing and required to be indexed in  the  block  index  of   notice of lis pendens or in the block index of liens in order to entitle   the  same  to  be  filed shall have endorsed thereon the number of every   block on the current  tax  map  in  which  the  land  affected  by  such   instrument is situate.g.  Such  county  clerk, so long as he deems it expedient, may prepare   alphabetical indices of the parties to the instruments mentioned in this   section, or to any of them, filed in his office, and of  the  owners  of   land  against  which liens have been filed and of judgment debtors whose   names appear on record. The particular form of such alphabetical indices   shall be as such county clerk shall  determine,  and  shall  cover  such   periods  and be brought down to such dates as he shall direct in respect   to his own office.h. Whenever any instrument entitled to be filed and indexed under  the   provisions  of  this  section shall be presented for record, there shall   forthwith be endorsed thereon the date, hour and minute of  its  receipt   and the same shall be entered in the proper index under the proper block   number  thereof  in accordance with the items set forth in subdivision a   or b of this section.i. The entries made in the block indices of notice of lis pendens  and   of  liens  in conformity with the requirements of this section shall for   the purpose of notice be deemed and taken to be a part of the record  of   the  instrument  to  which such entries respectively refer, and shall be   notice to subsequent purchasers or incumbrancers to the same extent  and   with like effect as the filing of such instruments in the office of such   county clerk now is or may be notice.j.  In  cases  where  any  instrument  shall  have  been filed with an   erroneous designation, such county clerk on presentation of proper proof   thereof shall enter such instrument in the proper index under the proper   block number of every block, the designation of which  shall  have  been   erroneously  stated. He shall at the same time make a note of such entry   and of the date thereof in every place in which such instrument may have   been erroneously indexed, opposite the entry thereof, and also upon  the   instrument  itself,  if the same be in his possession or produced to him   for the purpose, and the record of such instrument shall be constructive   notice as to the property in any block not duly designated at  the  time   of  such  filing  only  from  the  time  when the same shall be properly   indexed.