NY Cty L § 919 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 24 - Provisions Applicable to New York City 919 - Block Indices in Offices of County Clerks.

§  919. Block indices in offices of county clerks. 1. New York, Bronx,   Kings and Queens counties. a. The county clerks of the counties  of  New   York,  Bronx,  Kings and Queens 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.  The  county  clerk of each of such counties 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 sixty-four, the use of   land maps in the offices of the clerks of  the  counties  of  New  York,   Bronx,  Kings  and  Queens  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 maps for the boroughs of Manhattan, Bronx,   Brooklyn and Queens shall be substituted for the land  maps  theretofore   in  use  for  the  counties  of  New  York, Bronx, Kings and Queens, and   reference shall be had to  such  tax  maps  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 maps shall be conclusive as to the location of   block boundaries and block number designations. The  tax  map  for  each   borough  may  be  referred  to as the land map for the particular county   which it affects.d. Except in the counties where  existing  land  and  tax  blocks  are   presently   identical,   on  and  after  July  first,  nineteen  hundred   sixty-four, 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  for  the  particular   county  to  which it relates and which 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  a  county  clerk  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. The county clerk of each of such counties, so long as he  deems  it   expedient,  may  prepare  alphabetical  indices  of  the  parties to the   instruments mentioned in this subdivision, 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 subdivision 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   paragraph a or paragraph b hereof.i. The entries made in the block indices of notice of lis pendens  and   of  liens  in conformity with the requirements of this subdivision 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 incumbrances to the same  extent  and   with like effect as the filing of such instruments in the office of such   county clerks 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.