N.Y. County Law § 925: Certificate of searching records and copies

§ 925. Certificate of searching records and copies. The clerk of any

of the counties comprising the city of New York, upon payment of the fee

prescribed therefor, shall diligently search the files, papers, records

and dockets in his office, when so requested, and make one or more

transcripts therefrom, and certify to the correctness thereof, or

certify that a document or paper, of which the custody legally belongs

to him, cannot be found.