N.Y. Real Property Law § 372: County clerks and registers to be registrars of title

§ 372. County clerks and registers to be registrars of title. County

clerks in the several counties of the state, except the counties that

may have registers, and in the latter counties the registers of said

counties shall be "registrars" of titles in their respective counties.

All laws relative to registers, county clerks and their deputies shall

extend to registrars and their deputies, so far as the same may be

applicable, except as in this article otherwise provided. Registrars of

titles shall be county officers, within the meaning of the laws of this

state.