N.Y. Military Law § 250: Recording certificates of honorable discharge

§ 250. Recording certificates of honorable discharge. Any certificate

issued after April sixth, nineteen hundred seventeen, of the honorable

separation from or service in the armed forces of the United States of

any veteran, may be recorded in any one county, in the office of the

county clerk, and when so recorded shall constitute notice to all public

officials of the facts set forth therein. It shall be the duty of the

county clerk to record the certificate upon presentation thereof without

the payment of any fee. For any purpose for which the original

certificate may be required in the state of New York, a certified copy

of the record shall be deemed sufficient and shall be accepted in lieu

thereof. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, it shall be

the duty of the county clerk of each county, to furnish without charge

to any veteran, or parent, spouse, dependent or child of the veteran, a

certified copy of the certificate of the veteran so recorded in the

office of the county clerk. No filed certificate or any information

contained therein, shall be disclosed to any person except the veteran

or parent, spouse, dependent or child of the veteran, representative of

the estate of the deceased veteran or a public official, acting within

the scope of his or her employment, unless such disclosure is authorized

in writing by the veteran. The provisions of this section also apply to

the counties within the city of New York.