N.Y. Real Property Law § 296: Recording copies of instruments which are in secretary of state's office

§ 296. Recording copies of instruments which are in secretary of

state's office. A copy of an instrument affecting real property, within

the state, recorded or filed in the office of the secretary of state,

certified in the manner required to entitle the same to be read in

evidence, may be recorded with such certificate in the office of any

recording officer of the state.