N.Y. Real Property Law § 332-b: The record of certain other conveyances validated

§ 332-b. The record of certain other conveyances validated. 1. The

record made subsequent to February thirteenth, nineteen hundred forty

and prior to the time this section shall take effect in the office of

the recording officer of any county in this state of any deed, mortgage,

assignment or satisfaction piece of a mortgage, or other conveyance or

power of attorney, otherwise authorized to be recorded therein,

notwithstanding any defect in the form of the certificate of

acknowledgment or proof or the failure to append thereto a certificate

as to the authority of the person who took the acknowledgment or proof,

to take the same, or any defect in the form of such certificate of

authority, shall be in all respects as valid and effectual as though

such certificate of acknowledgment or proof or certificate of authority

had been in proper form or such certificate of authority had been

appended to such instrument. Provided only that such person was duly

authorized at the time of taking the proof or acknowledgment to take the

same in the county where the instrument is recorded or in the place,

whether within or without the United States, where the same was taken.

2. Nothing in this section shall affect any pending action or

proceeding nor the rights of any purchaser in good faith and for a

valuable consideration whose conveyance shall have been duly recorded

before this section shall take effect.