New York Real Property Law Section 297-A - Recording of certified copies of bankruptcy papers; constructive notice.

   297-a.   Recording  of  certified  copies  of  bankruptcy  papers;
  constructive notice. 1. A copy of a  petition  in  bankruptcy  with  the
  schedules  omitted,  of a decree of adjudication of bankruptcy and of an
  order approving the bond of a trustee in bankruptcy, or any of them,  in
  each  case  certified  in  accordance with the laws of the United States
  applicable at the time of certification, may be recorded in  the  office
  of  the recording officer of any county, irrespective of the location of
  the United States district court having jurisdiction of  the  bankruptcy
  proceeding  or in which such petition was filed or order of adjudication
  or approval of the trustee's bond was made.
2. (a) Each paper, together with the certification  thereof,  recorded
  pursuant   to  this  section  shall,  for  the  purposes  of  recording,
  transcription, reproduction and indexing, be regarded as a deed  by  the
  bankrupt  or alleged bankrupt to the trustee in bankruptcy named therein
  or, if no trustee be named, to the trustee appointed, or  thereafter  to
  be appointed.
(b)  In  counties  where,  under certain circumstances and pursuant to
  law, deeds or  other  instruments  are  recordable  among  miscellaneous
  instruments,  or  indexed  in the index of such instruments, each of the
  papers shall be similarly recorded or  indexed.  In  other  counties  or
  cases, it shall be recorded or indexed as a deed.
(c)  Where  the  paper  so  recorded  does  not reveal the name of the
  trustee in bankruptcy, the recording officer shall substitute,  for  the
  name of the grantee in the index or indices in his office where the name
  of  the  grantee in a deed is required to be entered, the words "Trustee
  in bankruptcy"; but any irregularity or failure of the recording officer
  in compliance with  this  paragraph  shall  not  invalidate  the  record
  thereof.
(d)  The  recording  of  the paper and the certification thereof shall
  have the same effect as constructive notice as if it were  a  conveyance
  to a named grantee, duly acknowledged or proved and recorded.
(e) The petition, decree or order referred to in subdivision 1 of this
  section may be one either heretofore or hereafter filed or made pursuant
  to any law of the United States relating to bankruptcy.

Last modified: February 3, 2019