§ 919-A — Block indices in the office of the county clerk in the county of Richmond

§ 919-a. Block indices in the office of the county clerk in the county\nof Richmond. a. The county clerk of the county of Richmond shall\ncontinue to index under the proper block numbers all instruments now\nrequired by law to be recorded in the books of notices of lis pendens.\nSuch block index of notice of lis pendens shall be entitled "the block\nindex of notice of lis pendens" and shall be ruled for entering therein\nthe date of filing, the nature of the action, the nature of the\ninstrument, the court and index number, the first named defendant, the\nfirst named plaintiff, the lot number or street address, if any, the\nmicrofilm number and the proceedings had.\n b. Such county clerk shall also continue to index under the proper\nblock numbers all statutory notices of liens or claims on land other\nthan lis pendens which may be filed or recorded in his office, which\nindex shall be entitled "the block index of liens" and shall be ruled\nfor entering therein the date of filing, the nature of the instrument,\nthe owner of the premises affected by the notice, the name and address\nof the lienor by whom the claim is made, the amount, the lot number or\nstreet address, if any, and the proceeding had.\n c. On and after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-one, the use of\nland maps in the office of the county clerk of the county of Richmond\nshall be discontinued, and the land maps previously in use shall remain\non file for the purpose of reference. On and after such date, the tax\nmap for the borough of Staten Island shall be substituted for the land\nmap theretofore in use for the county of Richmond, and reference shall\nbe had to such tax map and to the block numbers designated thereon for\nthe purpose of indexing instruments required to be indexed in the block\nindex of notice of lis pendens or in the block index of liens. Such tax\nmap shall be conclusive as to the location of block boundaries and block\nnumber designations. Such tax map may be referred to as the land map for\nthe county of Richmond.\n d. Unless existing land and tax blocks are presently identical, on and\nafter July first, nineteen hundred eighty-one, the indices of all blocks\ntheretofore existing in the block index of notice of lis pendens and in\nthe block index of liens shall be closed except for the purpose of\ncompleting the indexing of instruments filed prior to such date. New\nblock indices shall thereupon be opened for the block index of notice of\nlis pendens and for the block index of liens, which new indices shall be\nnumbered to conform with the block numbers designated on the tax map of\nthe borough of Staten Island and shall thenceforth be used for all\nentries relating to land in such blocks. The date of closing shall be\nentered at the end of each block index so closed and a reference shall\nbe made to the block number of the corresponding block in the new block\nindex. All such new block indices shall be endorsed on the covers\nthereof so as to show the date of the opening thereof.\n e. Whenever the boundaries of any block on the tax map shall\nthereafter be changed or altered and renumbered according to law, the\nblock indices of notice of lis pendens and of liens of such block\ntheretofore existing comprising the land in the changed or altered block\nso renumbered as aforesaid shall, except for the purpose of completing\nthe indexing of instruments filed prior to such change or alteration and\nrenumbering be closed and discontinued and new block indices of notice\nof lis pendens and of liens shall be opened for every such renumbered\nblock, which new index shall thenceforth be used for all entries\nrelating to land in such block. The date of closing shall be entered at\nthe end of each block index so closed and a reference shall be made to\nthe number of every new, changed or altered block to be used in place\nthereof. The date of opening shall be entered at the beginning of every\nnew block index, with a reference to the number of every block before in\nuse for the land contained in such new block.\n f. Every instrument presented to the county clerk of the county of\nRichmond for filing and required to be indexed in the block index of\nnotice of lis pendens or in the block index of liens in order to entitle\nthe same to be filed shall have endorsed thereon the number of every\nblock on the current tax map in which the land affected by such\ninstrument is situate.\n g. Such county clerk, so long as he deems it expedient, may prepare\nalphabetical indices of the parties to the instruments mentioned in this\nsection, or to any of them, filed in his office, and of the owners of\nland against which liens have been filed and of judgment debtors whose\nnames appear on record. The particular form of such alphabetical indices\nshall be as such county clerk shall determine, and shall cover such\nperiods and be brought down to such dates as he shall direct in respect\nto his own office.\n h. Whenever any instrument entitled to be filed and indexed under the\nprovisions of this section shall be presented for record, there shall\nforthwith be endorsed thereon the date, hour and minute of its receipt\nand the same shall be entered in the proper index under the proper block\nnumber thereof in accordance with the items set forth in subdivision a\nor b of this section.\n i. The entries made in the block indices of notice of lis pendens and\nof liens in conformity with the requirements of this section shall for\nthe purpose of notice be deemed and taken to be a part of the record of\nthe instrument to which such entries respectively refer, and shall be\nnotice to subsequent purchasers or incumbrancers to the same extent and\nwith like effect as the filing of such instruments in the office of such\ncounty clerk now is or may be notice.\n j. In cases where any instrument shall have been filed with an\nerroneous designation, such county clerk on presentation of proper proof\nthereof shall enter such instrument in the proper index under the proper\nblock number of every block, the designation of which shall have been\nerroneously stated. He shall at the same time make a note of such entry\nand of the date thereof in every place in which such instrument may have\nbeen erroneously indexed, opposite the entry thereof, and also upon the\ninstrument itself, if the same be in his possession or produced to him\nfor the purpose, and the record of such instrument shall be constructive\nnotice as to the property in any block not duly designated at the time\nof such filing only from the time when the same shall be properly\nindexed.\n