§ 332. The record of certain conveyances validated.
1.The record made\nprior to July first, nineteen hundred fifty-five in the office of the\nrecording officer of any county in this state of any deed, mortgage,\nassignment or satisfaction piece of a mortgage, or other conveyance or\npower of attorney, otherwise authorized to be recorded therein,\nnotwithstanding that the certificate of acknowledgment or proof did not\nset forth the place of residence of a subscribing witness or of a\ncorporate officer or director, or did not set it forth with sufficient\nparticularity, and notwithstanding any other defect in the form of the\ncertificate of acknowledgment or proof or the failure to append thereto\na certificate as to the authority of the person who took the\nacknowledgment or proof, to t
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§ 332. The record of certain conveyances validated. 1. The record made\nprior to July first, nineteen hundred fifty-five in the office of the\nrecording officer of any county in this state of any deed, mortgage,\nassignment or satisfaction piece of a mortgage, or other conveyance or\npower of attorney, otherwise authorized to be recorded therein,\nnotwithstanding that the certificate of acknowledgment or proof did not\nset forth the place of residence of a subscribing witness or of a\ncorporate officer or director, or did not set it forth with sufficient\nparticularity, and notwithstanding any other defect in the form of the\ncertificate of acknowledgment or proof or the failure to append thereto\na certificate as to the authority of the person who took the\nacknowledgment or proof, to take the same, or any defect in the form of\nsuch certificate of authority, shall be in all respects as valid and\neffectual as though such certificate of acknowledgment or proof or\ncertificate of authority had been in proper form or such certificate of\nauthority had been appended to such instrument. Provided only that such\nperson was duly authorized at the time of taking the proof or\nacknowledgment to take the same in the county where the instrument is\nrecorded or in the place, whether within or without the United States,\nwhere the same was taken.\n 2. All acknowledgments or proofs of conveyance of real property made\nor taken prior to April tenth, nineteen hundred thirty, before a judge,\nclerk, deputy clerk or special deputy clerk of a court not of record of\nthis state are confirmed.\n 3. All acts of the secretary of state of any state or territory of the\nUnited States in authenticating a certificate of acknowledgment or proof\nof a conveyance of real property within the state, performed before\nOctober first, nineteen hundred twenty-five, are hereby confirmed,\nprovided that the said certificate of authentication is in the form\nrequired by the laws of this state on March twenty-third, nineteen\nhundred twenty-six or now required by law.\n 4. If an instrument is recorded hereafter notwithstanding the omission\nfrom the certificate of acknowledgment or proof of the street and street\nnumber of a subscribing witness or of a corporate officer or director\ncontrary to the provisions of sections three hundred four, three hundred\nnine, three hundred nine-a and three hundred nine-b of this article, the\nrecord of such instrument shall not be invalidated by reason of such\nomission nor shall the title founded on such instrument be impaired\nthereby.\n 5. Nothing in this section shall effect any pending action or\nproceeding nor the rights of any purchaser in good faith and for a\nvaluable consideration whose conveyance shall have been duly recorded\nbefore this section as amended shall take effect.\n