Section 7-614. Fees

The  register,  and the county clerk of the county of
  Richmond when acting as recording officer, are  entitled,  for  services
  specified in this section, to the following fees, to be paid in advance:
    1.  For  recording,  indexing  and  endorsing  a  certificate  on  any
  instrument, ten dollars in the case of the  Richmond  county  clerk  and
  twelve  dollars  in  the case of the register; and, in addition thereto,
  two dollars in the case of the Richmond county clerk and five dollars in
  the case of the register for each page or portion of a page, two dollars
  for each additional block  indexed  against  exceeding  one,  and  three
  dollars  for  each additional lot indexed against exceeding one; and, in
  addition thereto, twenty dollars for recording any  instrument  required
  by state statute to be recorded.
    2.  For  filing  and  indexing  a  certificate of the appointment of a
  commissioner of deeds, ten dollars.
    3. For issuing, signing and sealing a certificate, six dollars.
    4. For searching and certifying the title to or an incumbrance or lien
  upon real property, fifty cents per year for each name against which the
  search is made, and fifty cents per year  for  each  separate  piece  or
  parcel  of property not consisting of contiguous lots. There shall be an
  additional charge of ten cents for each return made of any conveyance or
  lien found. The minimum charge for a search and certificate, and return,
  if any, shall be ten dollars.
    5. For preparing and certifying a copy of a paper filed or recorded in
  the office, four dollars for each page or portion thereof.
    6. For certifying a prepared copy of a paper filed or recorded in  the
  office, four dollars for each page or portion thereof.
    7.  For  filing and indexing each map, twenty dollars, and two dollars
  for each square foot or major part thereof of a map surface.
    8. For copying any map which he or  she  may  copy  or  certify,  such
  reasonable  fees  for  the  service  as may be fixed by the register, or
  county clerk when acting as register, subject to review by  the  supreme
  court, by which the same may be taxed.
    9. For issuing a last owner of record report, fifteen dollars.
    10.  For  filing  a  statement  under  oath  reciting facts evidencing
  entitlement to a credit against, or exemption in whole or in part  from,
  the  tax on mortgages imposed by or pursuant to the authority of article
  eleven of the tax law, eight dollars.
    11. For purposes of this section, the size of each page  accepted  for
  recording  and indexing shall not exceed nine inches by fourteen inches,
  and every printed portion thereof shall be plainly printed  in  type  of
  which  the  face  is  not smaller than eight point. The register and the
  county clerk acting as recording officer may  in  special  circumstances
  accept  a  page  exceeding  the  size  or  with  smaller print than that
  prescribed herein, on such terms and at such fee, subject to  review  by
  the  supreme  court,  as he or she may deem appropriate, but the fee for
  such recording and indexing shall be  not  less  than  double  the  fees
  otherwise chargeable by law therefor.
    12. The register, or county clerk when acting as register, may fix the
  fee  for  any  service  rendered  by him or her, and for which no fee is
  herein specified, subject to review by the supreme court.