§ 918. General provisions pertaining to records in offices of county\nclerks. 1. The clerk of each of the counties within the city of New York\nis authorized and empowered to do such further acts for rearrangement,\ncare, repair, restoration, preservation, indexing and convenient\nexamination of the records, documents, maps and papers filed or recorded\nin his office as in his judgment will best serve the public interest.\n 2. The clerk of the county of Richmond is hereby authorized, in his\ndiscretion, to destroy copies and originals of chattel mortgages, bills\nof sale and conditional bills of sale filed in his office, after the\nexpiration of ten years from the date of filing.\n 3. All books, records, maps and other public papers which are now\npublic records in the offices of the county clerks of New York, Kings,\nBronx, Queens and Richmond shall continue to be public records. The\ncounty clerk may cause copies thereof to be made by photocopying or\nother process, in his discretion, whenever by reason of age, use,\nexposure or any casualty, such copies shall in his judgment be\ndesirable. All copies of any records filed in any such office, when\ncertified by any such clerk to be accurate copies thereof, shall for all\npurposes have the same force and effect as the original. Unless\notherwise ordered by the appellate division pursuant to section\neighty-nine of the judiciary law, the original shall be placed in a\nsuitable enclosure and preserved, properly endorsed and indexed, for\nsuch examination as may be directed by an order of court in any\nproceeding in which the accuracy of the copy is questioned.\n 4. Any other laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the county clerk in\neach of the counties within the city of New York is authorized and\nempowered to maintain separate judgment docket volumes containing the\nprinted transcript or transcripts, in strict alphabetical order of\njudgment made, entered and docketed in the civil court of the city of\nNew York against individuals, corporations, and other entities on behalf\nof the parking violations bureau, the environmental control board, the\ntaxi and limousine commission, the department of consumer and worker\nprotection, the office of administrative trials and hearings when acting\nin accordance with subdivision c of section 7-551 of the administrative\ncode of the city of New York and the commissioner of jurors of the city\nof New York, provided that the judgments made, entered and docketed in\nthe civil court of the city of New York against individuals,\ncorporations, and other entities on behalf of the department of consumer\nand worker protection shall be limited to final decisions and orders\nthat either (a) award restitution, or monetary damages, to a consumer or\nworker; or (b) award such restitution, or monetary damages, to a\nconsumer or worker, together with civil penalties or equitable relief.\nThese volumes may be maintained in the form of computer print outs which\nshall contain the date of judgment, the name and address of the judgment\ndebtor or debtors, the amount of the judgment and other information\nwhich the county clerk may deem necessary to sufficiently describe the\nparties to the action or proceeding or nature or the manner of the entry\nof the judgment. The county clerk may, in in such clerk's discretion, in\nlieu of such volumes, maintain the aforementioned data in a micrographic\nor computer retrievable format. With respect to judgments on behalf of\nthe parking violations bureau such volumes or other format shall be\nmaintained pursuant to this subdivision for only those individuals,\ncorporations, and other entities having vehicles registered in the\ncounties within the city of New York.\n 5. Any other laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the department of\nconsumer affairs may file a certified copy of the final decision or\norder of such department, provided that such final decision or order\neither: (a) awards restitution, or monetary
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