Section 202-A. Recording certificates of exempt volunteer firemen

A
  certificate of honorable discharge of an exempt volunteer fireman, or  a
  certificate  issued  to an exempt volunteer fireman under the provisions
  of section two hundred two of this  chapter,  may  be  recorded  in  any
  county,  in  the  office of the county clerk, and when so recorded shall
  constitute notice to  all  public  officials  of  the  facts  set  forth
  therein.  It  shall  be  the duty of the county clerk to record any such
  certificate, upon presentation thereof without the payment of  any  fee.
  This  section  also applies to the counties within the city of New York.
  For any purpose for which such  original  honorable  discharge  or  such
  exempt  volunteer  fireman's certificate may be required in the state of
  New York, a certified copy of such record shall be deemed sufficient and
  shall be accepted in lieu thereof. It shall be the duty  of  the  county
  clerks  of  the counties within the city of New York upon the payment of
  one dollar, to furnish a certified copy of any such record  of  such  an
  exempt  volunteer  fireman's  certificate to any person applying for the
  same.