2006 New York Code - County Clerk; Duties.

 
    §  525.  County  clerk;  duties. 1. The county clerk shall perform the
  duties prescribed by law as register, and be the clerk  of  the  supreme
  court  and clerk of the county court within his county. He shall perform
  such additional and related duties as  may  be  prescribed  by  law  and
  directed by the board of supervisors.
    2. He shall provide at the expense of the county, all books, files and
  other  necessary  equipment  for the filing, recording and depositing of
  documents, maps, papers in actions and special proceedings of both civil
  and criminal nature,  judgment  and  lien  dockets  and  books  for  the
  indexing of the same as directed or authorized by law.