[HISTORY: Adopted by the Suffolk County Legislature as indicated
in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable. Uncodified
sections of local laws amending these provisions are included at the
end of this chapter.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Privacy policy for purchasers and borrowers of books and magazines — See Ch. 334, Art. I.
This Legislature finds and determines that § 8021 of the
New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR) allows a county clerk
who renders a service other than in his capacity as Clerk of the Supreme
Court or a county court, or other than in an action pending in a court
of which he is Clerk, to collect recording fees, payable in advance.
This Legislature further finds and determines that § 8021
was recently amended to require county clerks to make a good-faith
effort to redact social security numbers from recorded instrument
cover sheets, and to authorize county clerks, via duly enacted local
law, to increase fees charged for recorded instruments in the County
Clerk's office.
This Legislature further finds and determines that redacting social
security numbers from the cover sheets of recorded instruments is
an important tool to protect the privacy of individuals.
This Legislature further finds and determines that by extending the
authority to the Suffolk County Clerk to accept as a fee for recorded
instruments the maximum sum allowable under New York State law, a
critical source of revenue will be provided for the good-faith effort
made by the County Clerk to redact social security numbers from recorded
instrument cover sheets.
Therefore, the purpose of this article is to authorize the County
Clerk to accept as a fee for recording, entering, indexing and endorsing
a certificate on any instrument the maximum sum allowable under New
York State law and to instruct the County Clerk, as applicable, to
make a good-faith effort to redact social security numbers from recorded
instrument cover sheets.
Whenever the Suffolk County Clerk renders a service, other than in
his capacity as Clerk of the Supreme Court or the County Court, or
other than in an action pending in a court of which he is Clerk, in
connection with papers or instruments relating to real property and
not filed under the Uniform Commercial Code, the Suffolk County Clerk
shall be entitled to a fee of $20, payable in advance, for recording,
entering, indexing and endorsing a certificate on any instrument,
and, in addition thereto, a fee of $5 for each page or portion of
a page.
To the extent that the County Clerk has placed an image of such cover
page online, the County Clerk shall make a good-faith effort to redact
such information.
This article shall apply to all recordings or filings occurring
on or after the effective date of this article.