New York § 249-B - 249-BCertificate or transcript of discharge of lien
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§ 249-B. 249-BCertificate or transcript of discharge of lien
§ 249-b. Certificate or transcript of discharge of lien. The recording officer shall upon request issue a certificate or transcript of a certificate of discharge of a criminal bail surety bond lien on file in his office on the following or substantially similar form, and the fee to be paid to the recording officer for such certificate or transcript of discharge shall be fifty cents, except that this fee shall not apply to state or county officers as related in section two hundred forty-nine of the lien law. The certificate or transcript form shall be substantially in the following form: No. ...... STATE OF NEW YORK, ) ) ss: COUNTY OF.......... ) I, ................. Register of the county of ............ DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that a certain Criminal Bail Bond Lien No. ........ dated this ...... day of ......... 19...., made by ............ Sureties, to the People of the State of New York as a lien against Real Property, located in Sections, ........ Blocks ........, known as No. ............ Street/Avenue, in the County of ............., as bail in the amount of ........... Dollars, and signed by .................. District Attorney of the County of ................ and filed in my office on the ...... day of ........... 19..., IS DISCHARGED OF RECORD IN THIS OFFICE. Given under my hand and Official Seal, this ..... day of .................... 19...., .................................. Register. .................................. Dep'y Register.
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Section 249-B ("249-BCertificate or transcript of discharge of lien") is part of the New York Consolidated Laws, the codified statutory law of New York. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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