NY State — NY Real Property Law

§ 292-A — SECTION 292-A Conveyances by certain corporations executed and acknowledged by attorneys in fact entitled to recordation

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What is NY RPL § 292-A?

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This section outlines the conditions under which conveyances of real property by certain corporations, executed by attorneys in fact, are eligible for recordation. It specifies that such conveyances can be recorded without the corporate seal if a duly acknowledged power of attorney is filed with the county clerk. Applies to corporations wholly owned by the United States or those that have filed a power of attorney.

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§ 292-A SECTION 292-A Conveyances by certain corporations executed and acknowledged by attorneys in fact entitled to recordation

RPL § 292-A

§ 292-a. Conveyances by certain corporations executed and acknowledged by attorneys in fact entitled to recordation. A conveyance of real property, within the state, or of any interest therein, including an instrument discharging or satisfying a lien created by any such conveyance, executed and acknowledged by an attorney in fact of any corporation wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by the United States of America, or any other corporation which has so filed a power of attorney, whether heretofore or hereafter so executed and acknowledged, shall be entitled to recordation under this article on tender of the lawful fees therefor, even though the corporate seal of such corporation be not annexed or affixed, if the power of attorney pursuant to which such attorney in fact has executed such conveyance, duly acknowledged or proved by such corporation, and certified, as required by section two hundred ninety-four, is filed or recorded in the office of the clerk of the county where the real property, which is the subject of such conveyance, is located.

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