§ 925. Certificate of searching records and copies. The clerk of any
of the counties comprising the city of New York, upon payment of the fee
prescribed therefor, shall diligently search the files, papers, records
and dockets in his office, when so requested, and make one or more
transcripts therefrom, and certify to the correctness thereof, or
certify that a document or paper, of which the custody legally belongs
to him, cannot be found.