Inventory of Record Series [cont.]
 
Description of Record Series [cont.]  
Satisfaction Pieces  
           The satisfaction piece is an acknowledgment by a winning party that a judgment has been satisfied The acknowledgment is signed by the winning party (or his attorney) and acknowledged before a judge or commissioner of deeds. Filed with the satisfaction pieces are a few powers of attorney and certificates of satisfaction. The satisfaction pieces are bundled by year (or years) but are not arranged beyond that. Satisfaction pieces for later years are often found on printed forms as part of the judgment rolls. Laws of 1811, Chap. 196; and Revised Statutes of 1829, Part III, Chap. 6, Title 4, Art. 2, Sections 23-26, specify the procedure for acknowledging a satisfaction of judgment.

 
J0139 Satisfaction Pieces (Albany), 1832-39. 1.3 cu. ft.
     Satisfactions are entered in J0141 Docket of Judgments but are not indexed.

 
J0133 Satisfaction Pieces (Utica), 1808-45. 3.4 cu. ft.
     Satisfactions are entered in J0135 Transcripts of Docket of Judgments but are not indexed.

 
J0136 Satisfaction Pieces (Geneva), 1829-42. 1.7 cu. ft.
     Satisfactions are entered in J0138 Transcripts of Docket of Judgments but are not indexed.

 
 



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