The Westchester County Clerk has announced the following policies which take effect on January 1, 2008:
"You must submit separate checks for the payment of New York State Mortgage Tax, New York State Transfer Tax and recording fees. Therefore, if you are seeking to record a packet which requires payment of all three of these items, you will need to submit three of these items, you will need to sumbit three separate checks fo our office.
"Checks must be made payable to 'The Westchester County Clerk' in the exact amount due. If your check is not in the exact amount due, your submission will be rejected".
The Bulletin issued by the Clerk also notes that its office "now accepts Automated Clearing House (ACI) payments for mortgage tax, transfer tax and recording fees paid in connection with the recording of land records".