N.Y. C.P.L.R. 8008

§ 8008. Fees and expenses of officer to be paid before transmission of\npaper. Each provision of law requiring a judge, clerk or other officer\nto transmit a paper to another officer, for the benefit of a party, is\nto be construed as requiring the transmission only at the request of the\nperson so to be benefited, and upon payment by him of the fees allowed\nby law for the paper transmitted, or any copy or certificate connected\ntherewith, and the expenses specified in section sixty-eight of the\npublic officers law.\n