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NY Cty L § 408-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 8 - Officers; General Provisions 408-A - Advertising for Bids; Letting of Contracts.

§ 408-a. Advertising for bids; letting of contracts. 1. Every officer,   board  or  agency  of the county shall let all contracts for public work   and all purchase  contracts  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder  after   advertisement for bids where so required by section one hundred three of   the  general  municipal  law.  The  board  of  supervisors  may  require   contracts involving an expenditure of less than the amount specified  in   such  section  to  be  let  in  the  manner  provided  therein. The term   "officer" as used in this section shall mean  and  include  any  officer   paid compensation from county funds.* 2.  The  board  of  supervisors  may,  in  the  case of any purchase   contract or any contract for services, other than  services  subject  to   article nine of the labor law, of the county to be awarded to the lowest   responsible bidder after advertisement for bids, authorize the inclusion   of  a  provision  whereby  purchases may be made or such services may be   obtained under such  contract  by  any  political  subdivision  or  fire   company  (as  both  are  defined  in  section one hundred of the general   municipal law) or district. In such event, the board shall  adopt  rules   prescribing  the  conditions  under  which,  and  the  manner  in which,   purchases may be made or services may  be  obtained  by  such  political   subdivision, fire company or district.* NB Effective until July 31, 2024* 2.  The  board  of  supervisors  may,  in  the  case of any purchase   contract or any contract for services, other than  services  subject  to   article  eight  or nine of the labor law, of the county to be awarded to   the lowest responsible bidder after advertisement  for  bids,  authorize   the  inclusion  of  a  provision  whereby  purchases may be made or such   services  may  be  obtained  under  such  contract  by   any   political   subdivision  or fire company (as both are defined in section one hundred   of the general municipal law) or district.  In  such  event,  the  board   shall adopt rules prescribing the conditions under which, and the manner   in  which,  purchases  may  be  made or services may be obtained by such   political subdivision, fire company or district.* NB Effective July 31, 2024
NY Cty L § 409 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 8 - Officers; General Provisions 409 - Actions and Proceedings in Official Capacity.

§  409.  Actions  and  proceedings in official capacity. 1. No officer   whose  compensation  is  paid  from  county  funds   shall   employ   an   attorney-at-law  to  appear  and prosecute or defend any civil action or   proceeding brought by or against him in an  official  capacity  whenever   under the provisions of this chapter or other law it is made the duty of   the  district  attorney  or  county  attorney to prosecute or defend the   same.2. All damages recovered  against,  or  costs  and  expenses  lawfully   incurred  by any officer whose compensation is paid from county funds in   the prosecution or defense of any civil action or proceeding brought  by   or  against  him  for  an official act done or for failure to perform an   official act shall be a county charge and shall be audited and  paid  in   the  same  manner  as  other county charges. When the act upon which the   action or proceeding is based  was  done  in  good  faith,  but  without   authority of law or authorization of the board of supervisors, the board   of supervisors may audit and pay the same as other county charges.
NY Cty L § 410 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 8 - Officers; General Provisions 410 - Cost of Removal Proceedings Before the Governor.

§ 410. Cost of removal proceedings before the governor. The reasonable   costs and expenses in proceedings before the governor for the removal of   any  county  judge,  surrogate,  family  court judge, district attorney,   sheriff, county clerk or any elective county officer  removable  by  the   governor  upon  charges  preferred  against  him,  including the taking,   transcribing and printing of the testimony therein, shall  be  a  charge   upon the county wherein said officer was elected or appointed.
NY Cty L § 411 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 8 - Officers; General Provisions 411 - Holding More Than One Elective Office.

§  411. Holding more than one elective office. No county judge, family   court judge, surrogate, district attorney, sheriff, county clerk or  any   elective  county  officer shall be eligible to hold at the same time any   other elective county or town office, or that of city supervisor.
NY Cty L § 450 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 9 - Chairman of the Board of Supervisors 450 - Chairman of the Board; Powers and Duties.

§  450.  Chairman  of the board; powers and duties. 1. The chairman of   the board of supervisors  shall,  at  the  time  of  his  selection  and   throughout  the  term  of  his  office,  be  a  member  of  the board of   supervisors and shall within twenty days after his  selection  take  and   file  in  the  office  of  the  county  clerk  an oath of office as such   chairman and execute and file an official undertaking in such amount  as   may  be required by the board. Such undertaking shall be approved by the   board if in session and otherwise by the county clerk.  Upon failure  to   take  said  oath or to execute and file said undertaking within the time   therefor prescribed by law, the  board  of  supervisors  may  declare  a   vacancy  and  select  another  chairman from its membership. He shall be   ex-officio member of all committees and shall have the right  to  attend   meetings  of  all  boards,  commissions or other bodies appointed by the   board of supervisors or exercising county functions or expending  county   funds.  He  shall have the right to inspect all books, accounts, records   or documents pertaining to the property, money or assets of  the  county   or over which the county has control.2.  It shall be the duty of such chairman: (a) to become familiar with   the property, functions and fiscal affairs of his  county;  (b)  to  see   that  the  statutory  and  local  laws  and  resolutions of the board of   supervisors and directions of county officers empowered to make the same   are faithfully executed and report to the board any neglect of duty; (c)   to make recommendations to the  board  of  supervisors  on  legislation,   rules  and  regulations  and  such  other  matters  deemed  material and   advisable; (d) to advise department heads  and  officers  and  recommend   matters deemed helpful in the performance of their duties.3.  The  board  of supervisors may delegate to such chairman the power   to: (a) transfer employees temporarily from one department or office  to   another  with  the  approval  of  the  appointing  officer or board; (b)   determine what officer shall perform a  particular  power  or  duty  not   clearly  defined  by  law; (c) determine what officers and employees may   attend conferences and schools conducted for the  betterment  of  county   government;  (d)  execute and deliver documents and contracts authorized   by such board; (e) perform such other administrative duties as the board   may determine to be necessary to give full effect to the  provisions  of   this chapter.
NY Cty L § 475 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 10 - Clerk of the Board of Supervisors 475 - Clerk of the Board; Term; Duties.

§  475.  Clerk of the board; term; duties. 1. The board of supervisors   shall appoint a clerk who shall serve during the pleasure of  the  board   and until his successor is appointed and has qualified.2.  The  clerk  shall keep a record of all acts and proceedings of the   board and be the custodian of the records,  vouchers  and  other  papers   required  or  authorized by law to be deposited in his office.  He shall   have custody of all policies of insurance of all types  carried  on  the   corporate  property  of  the  county  and  shall  keep a record properly   indexed showing the property,  name  of  insurance  carrier,  amount  of   insurance  and  date of expiration of all policies. He shall prepare the   tax rolls, except when otherwise directed by the board  of  supervisors.   He shall perform such additional and related duties as may be prescribed   by law and directed by the board of supervisors.
NY Cty L § 500 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 11 - County Attorney 500 - County Attorney; Term.

§  500.  County  attorney;  term.  1. The board of supervisors of each   county shall appoint a resident attorney-at-law as county  attorney  for   the  term  of  office  for  which  the  then  members of such board were   elected. In any county having no resident attorney-at-law available, the   board of supervisors may employ an attorney-at-law residing  in  another   county.2.  The  head  of  any  county  legal  department  created  under  the   provisions of this chapter shall have and exercise all  the  powers  and   duties of the county attorney.
NY Cty L § 501 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 11 - County Attorney 501 - Duties.

§  501.  Duties.  1. The county attorney shall be the legal advisor to   the board of supervisors and every officer whose  compensation  is  paid   from  county  funds  in all matters involving an official act of a civil   nature. The county attorney shall prosecute and defend all civil actions   and  proceedings  brought  by  or  against  the  county,  the  board  of   supervisors and any officer whose compensation is paid from county funds   for  any  official  act, except as otherwise provided by this chapter or   other law. Within the limits of the appropriation, the  county  attorney   may  employ  counsel to assist in any civil action or proceeding brought   by or against the county or any county officer in his official capacity.   Upon the appointment of a county attorney no consent  or  order  of  the   court shall be necessary to effect a substitution of attorneys.2.  Whenever  the  interests of the board of supervisors or the county   are inconsistent with the interests of any officer paid his compensation   from county funds, the county attorney shall represent the interests  of   the  board  of  supervisors and the county. In such case the officer may   employ an attorney-at-law at his own expense unless  the  provisions  of   section eighteen of the public officers law are applicable.3.  The  county  attorney  shall  perform  such additional and related   duties as may be  prescribed  by  law  and  directed  by  the  board  of   supervisors.4.  The  board  of  supervisors  may  include  in  such directions the   rendering of advice and service to town boards and  town  officers  when   not  in  conflict with the interests of the county, board of supervisors   or an officer whose compensation is paid from county funds.5. The board of supervisors may create the  position  of  confidential   secretary  to  the county attorney. Such position shall be in the exempt   class of the civil service.  The  county  attorney  shall  appoint  such   confidential secretary, who shall serve at his pleasure.
NY Cty L § 502 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 11 - County Attorney 502 - Assistant County Attorneys.

§  502.  Assistant county attorneys. 1. The board of supervisors shall   have power to authorize the county  attorney  to  appoint  one  or  more   assistant  county  attorneys.   Every appointment of an assistant county   attorney shall be in a writing filed and recorded in the office  of  the   county  clerk. The person so appointed shall take the prescribed oath of   office  and  furnish  any  required  official  undertaking.   Any   such   appointment  may be revoked by the county attorney at any time by filing   a written revocation in the office of the county clerk.2. The assistant county attorney shall perform such duties  pertaining   to the office as may be directed by the county attorney.3.  The  assistant,  during  the  absence  or  inability of the county   attorney, shall perform the powers and duties of the  office  of  county   attorney.4.  In  the  event  of a vacancy in the office of county attorney, the   assistant shall perform the powers and duties of the  office  of  county   attorney until a successor is appointed and has qualified.5.  If more than one assistant county attorney shall be appointed, the   county attorney shall designate in writing and file in the office of the   county clerk and clerk of the board of supervisors the  order  in  which   such  assistants  shall  exercise the powers and duties of the office in   the event of a vacancy or  the  absence  or  inability  of  such  county   attorney to perform the duties of the office.
NY Cty L § 525 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 12 - County Clerk 525 - County Clerk; Duties.

§  525.  County  clerk;  duties. 1. The county clerk shall perform the   duties prescribed by law as register, and be the clerk  of  the  supreme   court  and clerk of the county court within his county. He shall perform   such additional and related duties as  may  be  prescribed  by  law  and   directed by the board of supervisors.2. He shall provide at the expense of the county, all books, files and   other  necessary  equipment  for the filing, recording and depositing of   documents, maps, papers in actions and special proceedings of both civil   and criminal nature,  judgment  and  lien  dockets  and  books  for  the   indexing of the same as directed or authorized by law.
NY Cty L § 526 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 12 - County Clerk 526 - Deputy County Clerk.

§  526.  Deputy  county  clerk.  1. Within ten days after assuming the   duties of the office, each county clerk shall appoint  a  deputy  county   clerk  by an instrument in writing filed and recorded in his office. The   deputy county clerk shall perform such duties as may be assigned by  the   county clerk and during the temporary absence or inability of the county   clerk,  have and exercise all of the powers and duties of the office. In   case of a vacancy in the office of county clerk, the deputy county clerk   shall perform the duties of  the  county  clerk  until  a  successor  is   elected or appointed and has qualified.2. The county clerk in like manner may designate one or more employees   of  his  office  to  serve  as acting deputy clerk during the absence or   inability of such deputy county clerk  to  perform  the  duties  of  the   office.  If  there  be  no  deputy county clerk, or acting deputy county   clerk, the county judge may in  the  same  manner  designate  an  acting   deputy  county  clerk  who shall serve until a successor is appointed by   the county clerk and has qualified.3. The county clerk may appoint and remove  such  additional  deputies   authorized  to  act generally for and in the place of their principal as   shall be authorized by resolution of the board of supervisors.
NY Cty L § 527 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 12 - County Clerk 527 - Special Court Clerks.

§  527. Special court clerks. The board of supervisors shall authorize   the appointment by  the  county  clerk  of  such  special  court  clerks   including  naturalization  clerks  as may be necessary for the courts of   record sitting in the county to function properly. Special court  clerks   shall  have  the  same  powers  and  duties  as the county clerk for the   transaction of business at court sessions attended by them.
NY Cty L § 528 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 12 - County Clerk 528 - Photo Recording.

§  528.  Photo  recording.  In  any  county  in  which documents to be   recorded in the county clerk's office are  copies  by  use  of  a  photo   copying  process,  such  county  clerk  may  cause  the  parts of such a   document  to  be  separated  temporarily  to  facilitate  such  process,   provided the document is restored to its original form immediately after   the completion of such process.
NY Cty L § 529 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 12 - County Clerk 529 - Consolidated Lien Index.

§  529. Consolidated lien index. 1. In counties having a population of   less than five hundred  thousand,  the  county  clerk  may  install  and   maintain  a  single  consolidated  index,  in  lieu of all other indices   required by law, for the purpose of indexing alphabetically all liens or   encumbrances affecting real property recorded or filed  in  his  office,   except mortgages, lis pendens and judgments.2.   A  county  clerk  may  adopt  a  new  indexing  system  utilizing   electro-mechanical, electronic or any other method he deems suitable for   maintaining the indexes.
NY Cty L § 530 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 12 - County Clerk 530 - Court and Trust Fund Register.

§  530.  Court and trust fund register. Each county clerk shall keep a   book to be known as a court and trust fund register to be used solely as   a record of moneys and securities paid, transferred,  or  deposited,  or   ordered  to  be  so  paid,  transferred, or deposited into the courts of   which he is clerk. Upon the filing in his office of any judgment, order,   or decree directing the payment,  transfer,  or  deposit  of  moneys  or   securities  into court, the amount thereof being stated, or determinable   upon the happening of the contingency expressed in said judgment,  order   or  decree;  or upon the filing in his office of any report of a referee   or other person, or any receipt, or any  other  paper  or  record,  from   which  it  appears  that  moneys  or  securities  have been or should be   deposited into court pursuant to any judgment, order, or decree, or  any   provision  of  law;  or  upon the receipt by any such clerk of moneys or   securities which may be deposited into court, by any provision  of  law,   without  a  court order, the clerk shall promptly enter in his court and   trust fund register (1) the name of the court directing the deposit,  or   the  source  of  the receipt if deposited without a court order, (2) the   title of the action or proceeding, (3) the amount of money or nature and   description of securities deposited or  ordered  to  be  deposited  into   court,  if  stated,  (4) a statement of any contingency expressed in the   judgment, order, or decree  upon  the  happening  of  which  the  amount   required  to  be  deposited  shall be determinable, (5) the names of the   persons by whom and for whom the deposit is made, or ordered to be made,   if stated, and the purpose for which the deposit is made, or ordered  to   be  made,  (6)  the date and nature of each instrument, report, receipt,   record or other paper indicating moneys or securities deposited or to be   deposited into court, and the date of filing the same. Such  moneys  and   securities  shall  be  paid  to the county treasurer pursuant to article   twenty-six of the civil practice law and rules upon receipt being  given   therefor. For failure to maintain such a register in accordance with the   provisions  of this section, a county clerk shall be liable to a penalty   of two hundred fifty dollars, to be recovered by the  state  comptroller   in  an  action brought in his name as such comptroller and such penalty,   together with statutory costs, shall be paid to the  state  comptroller,   except  that  the  foregoing  shall apply only if the judgment, order or   decree directing payment into court shall contain, immediately following   the caption of the particular matter to which  it  relates,  in  capital   letters  the  words  "Judgment  Directs  Payment  Into  Court"  or other   appropriate language of similar import, sufficient to apprise the county   clerk or his assistant that entry in the court and trust  fund  register   with regard thereto is required.
NY Cty L § 532 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 12 - County Clerk 532 - Retention and Destruction of Certain Recorded Instruments.

§  532.  Retention  and  destruction  of certain recorded instruments.   After twenty years have elapsed from  the  date  of  recording  a  deed,   lease,  contract,  agreement, mortgage or a release of part of mortgaged   premises any such instrument so recorded which has not been returned  to   the  person  presenting  such  instrument for recording or to some other   person authorized to receive the same, may be destroyed  by  the  county   clerk  without  the permission of the commissioner of education provided   any such instrument is photographed, microphotographed or reproduced  on   film preserved for examination and use.
NY Cty L § 533 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 12 - County Clerk 533 - Liability of County for Negligence of County Clerk and Employees of County Clerk's Office.

§  533.  Liability  of  county  for  negligence  of  county  clerk and   employees of county clerk's  office.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent   provision  of  law, general, special or local, a county may by local law   assume the liability to save harmless and protect its county  clerk  and   employees  of  the county clerk's office from financial loss arising out   of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of  alleged  negligence   of  said  county  clerk or employees, provided such act was committed in   the discharge of their duties and within the scope of their  employment.   Such  county may by act of its legislative body arrange for purchase and   maintain appropriate insurance with any insurance company authorized  to   do  business  in  the  state  of  New  York  for  coverage  against such   liability.
NY Cty L § 534 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 12 - County Clerk 534 - County Clerk; Appointment of Notaries Public.

§ 534. County clerk; appointment of notaries public. Each county clerk   shall  designate from among the members of his or her staff at least one   notary public to be available to notarize documents for  the  public  in   each  county clerk's office during normal business hours free of charge.   Each individual appointed by the county clerk  to  be  a  notary  public   pursuant  to  this  section shall be exempt from the examination fee and   application fee required  by  section  one  hundred  thirty-one  of  the   executive law.
NY Cty L § 552 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 13 - County Treasurer 552 - Liability of County for Loss of Court and Trust Funds.

§  552.  Liability  of county for loss of court and trust funds.  Each   county shall be responsible for all property or  moneys  deposited  with   the  county treasurer of the county by virtue of any judgment, decree or   order of a court of record in this  state  provided,  however,  that  no   county shall be held liable for any loss due to the depreciated value of   an  investment  legal at the time of its purchase and which continued to   be a legal investment during the period of the  trust.    An  action  to   recover any loss to or of such fund may be brought against the county by   any  party aggrieved or by the state comptroller in a court of competent   jurisdiction.