Section 246. Notices of filing liens and certificate of discharge

Notice of
  surety  bond  liens  in  favor of the people of the state of New York as
  provided  in  section  two  hundred  forty-six  of  this   article   and
  certificates  discharging  such  liens may be filed in the office of the
  recording officer of the county in which real property  subject  to  any
  such  lien  is situated, and if such property be situated in two or more
  counties, such notice may be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  recording
  officer  of each of such counties. Until the filing of such notice, such
  lien shall not be valid as against any mortgagee, purchaser or  judgment
  creditor  having  or  claiming  any right, title or interest in or to or
  lien against such property, or any part thereof.