§ 106-A — Exemption from payment of fees for instruments affecting real or personal property; exemption of mortgages from mortgage recording tax

§ 106-a. Exemption from payment of fees for instruments affecting\nreal or personal property; exemption of mortgages from mortgage\nrecording tax. Any inconsistent provision of law notwithstanding, a\nsocial services official shall not be required to pay any fee to any\nclerk, register or other public officer for entering, filing,\nregistering or recording any instrument affecting real or personal\nproperty or to the surrogate court when such official in taking any\nproceeding with respect to the estate of a person who was a recipient of\nbenefits from social services pertaining to the exercise by the social\nservices official of any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon\nhim by any of the provisions of this chapter. Mortgages on real\nproperty taken by social services officials pursuant to this chapter for\nassistance and care of persons at public expense shall be exempt from\nthe mortgage recording taxes imposed by article eleven of the tax law.\nThe exemption from mortgage recording taxes herein provided shall also\napply to all mortgages heretofore taken by social services officials and\nrecorded without payment of mortgage taxes, retroactively to the date of\nrecording of such mortgages.\n