N.Y. Personal Property Law § 47-b: Filing, entering and indexing

§ 47-b. Filing, entering and indexing. 1. The filing officer shall

mark upon the assignment or true copy thereof filed with him the date of

its filing and shall file such assignment or true copy thereof in his

office for public inspection. He shall keep a separate book in which he

shall enter the names of the assignor and assignee, the date of its

filing, its filing number and the date of cancellation thereof, or of

its vacation by order of the court. Such book shall be indexed

alphabetically under the names and changed names, if any, of both

assignor and assignee.

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.