The following notice was sent to us from the New York City Department of Finance.  It covers the new Recording and Endorsement page:

The Rules of the City of New York were recently amended to require that a Recording and Endorsement Page be completed and submitted with every document presented for recording to the Office of the City Register. This rule was effective October 2, 1998. However, in an effort to provide adequate notice of this new rule to our customers, we will continue to accept documents submitted for recording without the Recording and Endorsement Page until December 31, 1998.

Any documents received by the Office of the City Register on or after January 4, 1999 MUST be accompanied by a Recording and Endorsement Page.  Additionally, because the Recording and Endorsement Page becomes a part of the recorded document, the applicable $5 per page recording fee is required to be paid.

You may obtain a copy of the Recording and Endorsement page by utilizing the Department of Finance Tax Fax Service (call (718) 935-6114 from the phone connected to your fax and select document #341) or on the internet at www.ci.nyc.ny.us/finance.