N.Y. General Construction Law § 42: Register of county

§ 42. Register of county. Any act done in pursuance of law by the

register of a county shall be deemed to be a compliance with any

provision of law authorizing or requiring such act to be done by the

county clerk of such county, and any instrument or writing filed,

entered or recorded in pursuance of law in the office of a register of a

county, shall be deemed to be a compliance with any provision of law

authorizing or requiring such paper to be filed, entered or recorded, as

the case may be, in the office of the clerk of such county. The term

county clerk when used in relation to conveyances of real property or

the filing or recording of instruments which are or may be filed in the

office of the register of a county, shall include the register of each

county in which there is a register.