§ 530. Court and trust fund register. Each county clerk shall keep a\nbook to be known as a court and trust fund register to be used solely as\na record of moneys and securities paid, transferred, or deposited, or\nordered to be so paid, transferred, or deposited into the courts of\nwhich he is clerk. Upon the filing in his office of any judgment, order,\nor decree directing the payment, transfer, or deposit of moneys or\nsecurities into court, the amount thereof being stated, or determinable\nupon the happening of the contingency expressed in said judgment, order\nor decree; or upon the filing in his office of any report of a referee\nor other person, or any receipt, or any other paper or record, from\nwhich it appears that moneys or securities have been or should be\ndeposited into cou
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§ 530. Court and trust fund register. Each county clerk shall keep a\nbook to be known as a court and trust fund register to be used solely as\na record of moneys and securities paid, transferred, or deposited, or\nordered to be so paid, transferred, or deposited into the courts of\nwhich he is clerk. Upon the filing in his office of any judgment, order,\nor decree directing the payment, transfer, or deposit of moneys or\nsecurities into court, the amount thereof being stated, or determinable\nupon the happening of the contingency expressed in said judgment, order\nor decree; or upon the filing in his office of any report of a referee\nor other person, or any receipt, or any other paper or record, from\nwhich it appears that moneys or securities have been or should be\ndeposited into court pursuant to any judgment, order, or decree, or any\nprovision of law; or upon the receipt by any such clerk of moneys or\nsecurities which may be deposited into court, by any provision of law,\nwithout a court order, the clerk shall promptly enter in his court and\ntrust fund register (1) the name of the court directing the deposit, or\nthe source of the receipt if deposited without a court order, (2) the\ntitle of the action or proceeding, (3) the amount of money or nature and\ndescription of securities deposited or ordered to be deposited into\ncourt, if stated, (4) a statement of any contingency expressed in the\njudgment, order, or decree upon the happening of which the amount\nrequired to be deposited shall be determinable, (5) the names of the\npersons by whom and for whom the deposit is made, or ordered to be made,\nif stated, and the purpose for which the deposit is made, or ordered to\nbe made, (6) the date and nature of each instrument, report, receipt,\nrecord or other paper indicating moneys or securities deposited or to be\ndeposited into court, and the date of filing the same. Such moneys and\nsecurities shall be paid to the county treasurer pursuant to article\ntwenty-six of the civil practice law and rules upon receipt being given\ntherefor. For failure to maintain such a register in accordance with the\nprovisions of this section, a county clerk shall be liable to a penalty\nof two hundred fifty dollars, to be recovered by the state comptroller\nin an action brought in his name as such comptroller and such penalty,\ntogether with statutory costs, shall be paid to the state comptroller,\nexcept that the foregoing shall apply only if the judgment, order or\ndecree directing payment into court shall contain, immediately following\nthe caption of the particular matter to which it relates, in capital\nletters the words "Judgment Directs Payment Into Court" or other\nappropriate language of similar import, sufficient to apprise the county\nclerk or his assistant that entry in the court and trust fund register\nwith regard thereto is required.\n