NY Cty L § 918 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 24 - Provisions Applicable to New York City 918 - General Provisions Pertaining to Records in Offices of County Clerks.

§  918.  General provisions pertaining to records in offices of county   clerks. 1. The clerk of each of the counties within the city of New York   is authorized and empowered to do such further acts  for  rearrangement,   care,   repair,   restoration,  preservation,  indexing  and  convenient   examination of the records, documents, maps and papers filed or recorded   in his office as in his judgment will best serve the public interest.2. The clerk of the county of Richmond is hereby  authorized,  in  his   discretion,  to destroy copies and originals of chattel mortgages, bills   of sale and conditional bills of sale filed in  his  office,  after  the   expiration of ten years from the date of filing.3.  All  books,  records,  maps  and other public papers which are now   public records in the offices of the county clerks of New  York,  Kings,   Bronx,  Queens  and  Richmond  shall  continue to be public records. The   county clerk may cause copies thereof to  be  made  by  photocopying  or   other  process,  in  his  discretion,  whenever  by  reason of age, use,   exposure  or  any  casualty,  such  copies  shall  in  his  judgment  be   desirable.  All  copies  of  any  records filed in any such office, when   certified by any such clerk to be accurate copies thereof, shall for all   purposes have  the  same  force  and  effect  as  the  original.  Unless   otherwise   ordered  by  the  appellate  division  pursuant  to  section   eighty-nine of the judiciary law, the original  shall  be  placed  in  a   suitable  enclosure  and  preserved,  properly endorsed and indexed, for   such examination as may  be  directed  by  an  order  of  court  in  any   proceeding in which the accuracy of the copy is questioned.4. Any other laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the county clerk in   each  of  the  counties  within  the  city of New York is authorized and   empowered to maintain separate judgment docket  volumes  containing  the   printed  transcript  or  transcripts,  in  strict  alphabetical order of   judgment made, entered and docketed in the civil court of  the  city  of   New York against individuals, corporations, and other entities on behalf   of  the  parking violations bureau, the environmental control board, the   taxi and limousine commission, the department of  consumer  affairs  and   the  commissioner  of  jurors of the city of New York, provided that the   judgments made, entered and docketed in the civil court of the  city  of   New York against individuals, corporations, and other entities on behalf   of  the  department  of  consumer  affairs  shall  be  limited  to final   decisions and orders that either  (a)  award  restitution,  or  monetary   damages,  to  a  consumer  or  worker; or (b) award such restitution, or   monetary damages, to a consumer or worker, together with civil penalties   or equitable relief. These volumes may be  maintained  in  the  form  of   computer  print  outs which shall contain the date of judgment, the name   and address of the  judgment  debtor  or  debtors,  the  amount  of  the   judgment and other information which the county clerk may deem necessary   to  sufficiently  describe  the  parties  to the action or proceeding or   nature or the manner of the entry of the judgment. The county clerk may,   in his or  her  discretion,  in  lieu  of  such  volumes,  maintain  the   aforementioned  data  in  a micrographic or computer retrievable format.   With respect to judgments on behalf of  the  parking  violations  bureau   such  volumes  or  other  format  shall  be  maintained pursuant to this   subdivision for only those individuals, corporations, and other entities   having vehicles registered in the counties within the city of New York.5. Any other laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the  department  of   consumer  affairs  may  file  a  certified copy of the final decision or   order of such department, provided that such  final  decision  or  order   either:  (a)  awards  restitution, or monetary damages, to a consumer or   worker; or (b) awards  such  restitution,  or  monetary  damages,  to  a   consumer  or  worker  together with civil penalties or equitable relief,   with the county clerk of any county within the city of New York where  a    respondent  resides or has a place of business, or, if the respondent is   a non-resident of the city of New York and no  longer  has  a  place  of   business  within  the city of New York at the time such department seeks   to file such certified copy, the department of consumer affairs may file   such  certified  copy  of  such  final decision or order with the county   clerk of the county in which  the  department  of  consumer  affairs  is   located. Such consumer or worker may file a certified copy of such final   decision or order provided that such person has been assigned such final   decision  or  order  or  a  portion  of  such  final  decision  or order   authorizing  restitution,  imposing  monetary   damages   or   providing   equitable  relief  to  such person. The filing of such final decision or   order shall have the full force and effect of a judgment  duly  docketed   in the office of such clerk. The final decision or order may be enforced   by  and  in  the  name  of  the  department, or by a person who has been   assigned such decision or order or a portion thereof, in the same manner   and with like effect as that prescribed by the civil  practice  law  and   rules for the enforcement of a money judgment.