N.Y. DCD Law § 82
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Discharge and other papers to be recorded
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§ 82. Discharge and other papers to be recorded. The discharge, and\nthe petition, affidavits, orders, schedule, and other papers, upon which\nthe discharge is granted, exclusive of the minutes of testimony, must be\nrecorded in the clerk's office of the county, within three months after\nthe discharge is granted. In default thereof, the discharge becomes\ninoperative, from and after that time. The original discharge, the\nrecord thereof, or a transcript of the record duly authenticated, is\nconclusive evidence of the proceedings and facts therein contained. The\nother papers specified in this section, the record thereof, or a\ntranscript of the record duly authenticated, are presumptive evidence of\nthe proceedings and facts therein contained.\n
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