In mortgages of real property, and in bonds and notes secured thereby or in assignments of mortgages and bonds and mortgages and notes, or in agreements to extend or to modify the terms of mortgages and bonds and mortgages and notes, the following or similar clauses and covenants must be construed as follows:
"Whereas, the said ........ (D1) ........ is justly indebted to the said party of the second part in the sum of ........ (G1) ........ dollars, lawful money of the United States, secured to be paid by his certain bond, note or obligation, bearing even date herewith, conditioned for the payment of the said sum of ......... (G1) ........ dollars, on the ........ (H1) ....... day of ....... (I1) ....... nineteen hundred and ........ (J1) ........ and the interest thereon, to be computed from ........ (K1) ........, at the rate of ....... (L1) ....... per centum per annum, and to be paid ....... (M1) .........
"It being thereby expressly agreed that the whole of the said principal sum shall become due after default in the payment of any installment of principal, interest, taxes or assessments, as hereinafter provided. "Now this indenture witnesseth, that the said party of the first part, for the better securing the payment of the said sum of money mentioned in the condition of the said bond, note or obligation, with interest thereon, and also for and in consideration of one dollar, paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, doth hereby grant and release unto the said party of the second part, and to his heirs (or successors) and assigns for ever (description), together with the appurtenances, and all the estate and rights of the party of the first part in and to said premises, together with all fixtures and articles of personal property attached to, or used in connection with, the premises. To have and to hold the above granted premises unto the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns forever. Provided, always, that if the said party of the first part, his heirs, executors or administrators, shall pay unto the said party of the second part, his executors, administrators or assigns, the said sum of money mentioned in the condition of the said bond, note or obligation, and the interest thereon, at the time and in the manner mentioned in the said condition, that then these presents, and the estate hereby granted, shall cease, determine and be void."
(Explanation: Whatever words are inserted in the blank spaces above marked (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), (L), and (M) respectively, shall be construed as being inserted in the corresponding blank spaces above marked (A1), (B1), (C1), (D1), (E1), (F1), (G1), (H1), (I1), (J1), (K1), (L1) and (M1) respectively.)
The limitations and qualifications hereinabove imposed on the mortgagee's right to retain proceeds of a fire insurance policy shall apply only to mortgages or extensions or other modifications thereof made after the effective date of this act.
The limitations and qualifications hereinabove imposed on the mortgagee's right to retain proceeds of a flood insurance policy shall apply only to mortgages or extensions or other modifications thereof made after the effective date of this act.
N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 254