[Adopted by the County Legislature 9-2-2008 by L.L. No. 2-2008]
This article shall be known as the "Enhanced
Personal-Privacy Protection for Recorded Documents Law."
In accordance with Subparagraph (2) of Paragraph
4 of Subdivision (a) of § 8021 of the Civil Practice Law
and Rules, as amended by Chapter 78 of the Laws of 1989, the Tompkins
County Legislature authorizes the Tompkins County Clerk to increase
the fees charged for certain documents recorded with the County Clerk's
office.
For recording, entering, indexing, and endorsing
a certificate on any instrument, the fee is increased from $5 to $20
and, in addition thereto, is increased from $3 to $5 for each page
or portion of a page. For the purpose of determining the appropriate
recording fee, the fee for any cover page shall be deemed an additional
page of the instrument. A cover page shall not include any social
security account number or date of birth. To the extent that the Tompkins
County Clerk has placed an image of such cover page on line, the County
Clerk shall make a good-faith effort to redact such information.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or other portion of this article is for any reason declared
unconstitutional or invalid, in whole or in part, by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed severable and
such unconstitutionality or invalidation shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this article, which remaining portions
shall remain in full force and effect.
