§ 242 — Non-attachment, release, discharge and subordination of liens

§ 242. Non-attachment, release, discharge and subordination of liens.\n1. When a certificate of release, non-attachment, discharge or\nsubordination of any federal lien is presented for filing in the office\nof the secretary of state, he or she shall\n (a) cause a certificate of release or non-attachment to be marked or\nassigned a consecutive file number, held and indexed as if such\ncertificate were a termination statement within the meaning of the\nuniform commercial code, except that the notice of lien to which such\ncertificate relates shall not be removed from the files or purged from\nthe computerized system for a period of three years, and\n (b) cause a certificate of discharge or subordination to be held,\nmarked or assigned a consecutive file number and indexed as if such\ncertificate were a release of collateral within the meaning of the\nuniform commercial code.\n An acceptable alternative to filing such certificate of release,\nnon-attachment, discharge or subordination in a paper format shall be\nfiling of such certificate by computerized methods established by the\nsecretary of state such that each certificate shall constitute a unique\ncomputerized informational record and each such record shall be assigned\na consecutive file number, held and indexed as if such were a\ntermination or release as the case may require within the meaning of the\nuniform commercial code.\n 2. When any such certificate, or a notice of revocation of any such\ncertificate, is presented for filing in the office of the city register\nof the city of New York or the county clerk where the notice of lien is\nfiled, such officer shall permanently attach the certificate to the\nnotice of lien; and shall enter the certificate or notice, with the\ndate, in the federal lien index or card index system or computerized\nindex system on the line where the notice of lien is entered.\n