Beginning on July 6, 2010 the New York City Department of Finance is
implementing a Notice of Recorded Documents Program. Owners of property
in Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens or Staten Island can register to
receive notification when a deed or mortgage (or related) document has been
recorded against their property. This program was designed to alert
registered property owners or their designees when documents are recorded
without their knowledge so that they can take steps to attempt to limit the
harm caused by such recording.
An owner’s agent (including a child, spouse, or domestic partner of owner if
listed as a designee), the managing agent, the property owner’s attorney,
the lien holder, and the executor or administrator of the estate of the
owner or lien holder of the property may also receive notification if
registered.
To find out more about this program, you can go to the New York City
Department of Finance website at www.nyc.gov/finance or ACRIS webpage at
www.nyc.gov/acris and click on the Recorded Document Notification link. to
register.