516. Filing of final assessment roll; notice of completion. 1. On or before the first day of July, the assessor or assessors shall complete the final assessment roll, deliver the original to the clerk of the county legislative body, and prepare and file a certified copy in the office of the city or town clerk. The assessor or assessors shall forthwith cause a notice to be published once in the official newspaper of such city or town, or if no newspaper has been designated the official newspaper, in a newspaper having general circulation in such city or town, stating that the final assessment roll has been completed and a certified copy thereof so filed for public inspection. In towns, the assessors shall also cause a copy of the published notice to be posted on the signboard maintained for the posting of legal notices at the entrance of the town clerk's office pursuant to subdivision six of section thirty of the town law.
2. The certified copy of the final assessment roll shall be retained in the office of the city or town clerk as a public record for a minimum of ten years from the date the final assessment roll was filed.
3. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the county legislative body may require additional copies of the assessment roll to be made and specify by whom such additional copies shall be made.
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