N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 6511: Filing, content and indexing of notice of pendency

Rule 6511. Filing, content and indexing of notice of pendency. (a)

Filing. In a case specified in section 6501, the notice of pendency

shall be filed in the office of the clerk of any county where property

affected is situated, before or after service of summons and at any time

prior to judgment. Unless it has already been filed in that county, the

complaint shall be filed with the notice of pendency.

(b) Content; designation of index. A notice of pendency shall state

the names of the parties to the action, including the name and telephone

number of the mortgage servicer for a foreclosing party involving a

mortgage foreclosure of a one- to four-family residential property, the

object of the action and a description of the property affected. A

notice of pendency filed with a clerk who maintains a block index shall

contain a designation of the number of each block on the land map of the

county which is affected by the notice. Except in an action for

partition a notice of pendency filed with a clerk who does not maintain

a block index shall contain a designation of the names of each defendant

against whom the notice is directed to be indexed.

(c) Indexing. Each county clerk with whom a notice of pendency is

filed shall immediately record it and index it against the blocks or

names designated. A county clerk who does not maintain a block index

shall index a notice of pendency of an action for partition against the

names of each plaintiff and each defendant not designated as wholly

fictitious.

(d) Electronic indexing. A county clerk may adopt a new indexing

system utilizing electro-mechanical, electronic or any other method he

deems suitable for maintaining the indexes.