§ 297-b. Recording of certified copies of judgments affecting real
property. When a judgment, final order or decree is rendered by a New
York state court of record or a United States district court affecting
the title to or possession, use or enjoyment of real property, a copy of
such judgment, order or decree, duly certified by the clerk of the court
wherein said judgment was rendered, may be recorded in the office of the
recording officer of the county in which such property is situated, in
the same manner as a conveyance duly acknowledged or proved and
certified so as to entitle it to be recorded, and such recording officer
shall upon request and on tender of the lawful fees therefor, record the
same in his said office.

For purposes of recording and indexing such judgment, order or decree,
the prevailing party or parties named therein shall be deemed grantees
and all other persons named therein shall be deemed grantors.