§ 291-A — Recording conveyances of land in towns in Chautauqua county; duties of county and town clerks

§ 291-a. Recording conveyances of land in towns in Chautauqua county;\nduties of county and town clerks. 1. Every deed and will relating to\nreal property in Chautauqua county, outside the cities of Jamestown and\nDunkirk, and every judicial decree establishing the right of inheritance\nto real property within Chautauqua county shall, before the same be\nhereafter recorded in the office of the clerk of Chautauqua county be\npresented to the clerk of said county together with a carbon copy or\ncopies of the substance thereof, equal to the number of townships of the\nsaid county in which land is conveyed by the instrument. Such copy or\ncopies shall set forth the date, consideration, the names of the\ngrantors and grantees, the mail address of the grantee and a description\nof the property conveyed as set out in the instrument of conveyance.\n Such copy or copies of an instrument of conveyance of land within the\ncounty of Chautauqua, outside the cities of Jamestown and Dunkirk, shall\nbe retained by the clerk of the said county until the first day of the\nmonth succeeding the date on which it was received, and he thereafter\nshall transmit immediately all such copies received by him during the\npreceding month to the clerks of the towns in which such conveyances\nhave occurred. Hereafter the clerk of Chautauqua county or any\nsubordinate in the office of such clerk of Chautauqua county who shall\nrecord any instrument of conveyance of real property without receiving\nand transmitting to the town clerk of the town concerned, a copy thereof\nas provided herein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. At the time a\nconveyance is offered for record a fee of twenty-five cents shall be\npaid to the county clerk in addition to any other moneys required to be\npaid to entitle the deed to be recorded.\n The town clerks in each of the towns of Chautauqua county outside the\ncities of Jamestown and Dunkirk, shall enter the copies of conveyances\nand all appurtenant data so received from the clerk of Chautauqua county\nin a record book to be provided and kept for such purpose. Such book and\nthe records contained therein shall be open to public inspection and\nshall be used by the local assessors in making assessments.\n 2. Any deed or instrument of conveyance relating to real property\nwithin the towns of Chautauqua, North Harmony, Ellicott, Ellery,\nWestfield and Busti or the village of Celoron, Chautauqua county, that\nfor the first time conveys an interest in a paper street located within\neither such town or village to any grantee other than a not-for-profit\ncorporation incorporated pursuant to the laws of this state or similar\nassociation or to a municipal corporation, notwithstanding the fact that\nsuch deed or instrument shall have been recorded by the clerk of the\ncounty of Chautauqua, shall be considered a nullity and given no force\nand effect unless accompanied by a resolution of the town board of the\ntown or of the board of trustees of the village within which such paper\nstreet is located authorizing that such deed or instrument be recorded.\nFor the purposes of this subdivision, a paper street shall mean a street\nthat was designed in a subdivision map when originally filed but which\nwas never subsequently developed or used as a public way.\n