New York § 327 - 327Penalty for using long forms of covenants
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 327 — 327Penalty for using long forms of covenants, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 327. 327Penalty for using long forms of covenants
§ 327. Penalty for using long forms of covenants. The recording officer of any county may charge for the recording of an instrument containing any of the covenants mentioned in section two hundred and fifty-three and two hundred and fifty-four of this chapter, at large, instead of the short forms thereof, in said sections contained, the sum of five dollars in addition to the fees chargeable by law for such recording.
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