Decree; instruments of satisfaction Upon the request of any person interested, there may be recorded with the court any instrument acknow... · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 604. Decree; instruments of satisfaction
Upon the request of any person interested, there may be recorded with the court any instrument acknowledging payment of moneys pursuant to a decree or order of the court. Every such instrument to be recorded shall be acknowledged and the record thereof, or a certified copy of such record, shall be presumptive evidence of the contents of such instrument and its due execution and of any payment of money or delivery of property therein acknowledged.
The foregoing shall be in addition to such procedure for satisfaction and the recording thereof as may be provided by the CPLR.
An instrument acknowledging payment under a decree or order may be recorded with the court. At the request of any person interested, the instrument may be recorded, but it must be acknowledged. The record, or a certified copy of it, is presumptive evidence of the instrument's contents and due execution and of any payment of money or delivery of property it acknowledges. ★ This is in addition to any satisfaction procedure the CPLR provides.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Surrogate's Court in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Surrogate's Court Procedure Act; Volume 5 — Your Career: Surrogate's Court in Plain English.