N.Y. County Law § 529: Consolidated lien index

§ 529. Consolidated lien index. 1. In counties having a population of

less than five hundred thousand, the county clerk may install and

maintain a single consolidated index, in lieu of all other indices

required by law, for the purpose of indexing alphabetically all liens or

encumbrances affecting real property recorded or filed in his office,

except mortgages, lis pendens and judgments.

2. A county clerk may adopt a new indexing system utilizing

electro-mechanical, electronic or any other method he deems suitable for

maintaining the indexes.