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NY Exec L § 103 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 103 - Future Editions and Supplements of Official Compilations.

§ 103. Future  editions  and  supplements of official compilations. 1.   In any year the secretary of state may, whenever he shall  believe  that   the  public interest will be served thereby, cause a new edition of such   official compilation or  any  volume  thereof  to  be  published,  which   compilation  shall  be  published  as soon as practicable, and shall set   forth the codes, rules and regulations except such as relate  solely  to   the  organization or internal management of a department, board, bureau,   authority, commission or other agency of the state on file in the office   of the department of state on the date as of which such new  edition  is   published.2.  The  secretary of state may, whenever he deems it to be necessary,   cause  to  be  published  an  official  supplement   to   the   official   compilation,  showing  all  new and all changes in existing codes, rules   and regulations adopted since the effective date of the codes, rules and   regulations embraced in the latest edition of the  official  compilation   or since the end of the period covered by the preceding supplement.3.  Any  new  edition  of  such  compilation  published  as heretofore   provided,  and   any   supplementation   thereof   or   thereto,   shall   presumptively  establish that the codes, rules and regulations contained   therein are on file in the  department  of  state,  and  are  effective,   unless  otherwise  stated,  on the date as of which such new edition, or   any volume thereof, or a supplementation thereto, is published.4. Any code, rule or regulation contained in any new  edition  of  the   official  compilation,  or  any  volume  thereof, or any supplementation   thereto, shall not be printed in any official supplement  published  for   any  period  prior  to the date as of which such new edition, volume, or   supplementation is published.
NY Exec L § 104 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 104 - Departmental Cooperation.

§ 104. Departmental  cooperation.  The  secretary  of state may advise   with the several departments, boards,  bureaus,  officers,  authorities,   commissions  and  other  agencies  of  the state which are authorized by   statute to issue codes, rules or regulations, to the end that  the  same   may,  so  far  as  possible,  be  uniform in style and form, be properly   numbered and captioned and be free from matter which is obsolete.
NY Exec L § 104-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 104-A - Departmental Cooperation Regarding Water Quality.

§   104-a.  Departmental  cooperation  regarding  water  quality.  The   secretary of state shall cooperate  with  the  environmental  facilities   corporation  to  establish  methods  to  facilitate  loans  to  eligible   borrowers and to develop educational materials  for  eligible  borrowers   about  the  low-interest  loans  available  through  the water pollution   control linked deposit program, established by article  sixteen  of  the   state  finance law, and to develop an application form to be provided to   lenders for linked deposit loan  requests.  For  residential  and  small   business  on-site  wastewater treatment systems projects, the department   shall  require  owners  of  such  systems  to  submit  the  results   of   inspections  of such systems at the time of an application for financial   assistance pursuant to article sixteen of the  state  finance  law.  The   department may promulgate rules and regulations necessary and reasonable   for the operation of the program, including but not limited to standards   for  the inspection of residential and small business on-site wastewater   treatment systems.
NY Exec L § 105 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 105 - Changes in Codes, Rules or Regulations.

§ 105. Changes  in  codes, rules or regulations.  Changes in any code,   rule or regulation except such as relates solely to the organization  or   internal   management   of   a  department,  board,  bureau,  authority,   commission or other agency of the state shall be made by  a  department,   board,  bureau,  officer,  authority,  commission or other agency of the   state only by addition, amendment or repeal. Every resolution  or  order   affecting  such  an  addition,  amendment  or  repeal shall refer to the   appropriate title  and  to  the  appropriate  section  or  paragraph  as   published in the official compilation or supplement thereto. In the case   of a proposed new code, rule or regulation except such as relates solely   to  the  organization  or  internal  management  of a department, board,   bureau, authority, commission or other agency of  the  state  for  which   there  is  no  appropriate  title,  the  head of such department, board,   bureau, authority, commission or other agency of the state shall  confer   with  the  secretary  of  state  and shall, prior to the adoption of any   resolution establishing such code, rule or regulation, have his approval   in writing of the proposed title, captions and  numbers  of  such  code,   rule or regulation and any parts, paragraphs or sections thereof.
NY Exec L § 106 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 106 - Proof of Codes, Rules and Regulations.

§ 106. Proof  of  codes,  rules  and  regulations.  Any  code, rule or   regulation of the state of New York may be read  in  evidence  from  the   official  compilation  or supplement thereto.   To entitle any copy of a   code, rule or regulation published, other than those published  in  such   official compilation or supplement thereto, to be read in evidence there   shall be contained in the same book or pamphlet a printed certificate of   the  secretary  of  state  that such copy is a correct transcript of the   text of the code, rule or  regulation  as  published  in  such  official   compilation  or supplement thereto. For such a certificate the secretary   of state shall collect such a fee as he shall deem just and reasonable.
NY Exec L § 106-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 106-A - Internet Access to the New York Code, Rules and Regulations.

§  106-a. Internet access to the New York code, rules and regulations.   The department of state shall post or maintain a link on its website  to   an  unofficial  version  of  the New York codes, rules, and regulations,   which shall be provided at no cost to the end users. All state  agencies   which  have  adopted  rules and regulations shall maintain a link to the   department of state website which contains such link.
NY Exec L § 132 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 132 - Certificates of Official Character of Notaries Public.

§ 132. Certificates  of  official  character  of  notaries public. The   secretary of state or the county  clerk  of  the  county  in  which  the   commission  of  a  notary  public  is  filed may certify to the official   character of such notary public and  any  notary  public  may  file  his   autograph  signature  and  a  certificate  of  official character in the   office of any county clerk of  any  county  in  the  state  and  in  any   register's  office  in  any county having a register and thereafter such   county clerk may certify as to the official  character  of  such  notary   public.  The  secretary  of  state shall collect for each certificate of   official character issued by him the sum of one dollar. The county clerk   and register of any county with whom a certificate of official character   has been filed shall collect for filing the same the sum of one  dollar.   For  each  certificate of official character issued, with seal attached,   by any county clerk, the sum of one dollar shall be collected by him.
NY Exec L § 133 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 133 - Certification of Notarial Signatures.

§ 133. Certification  of  notarial  signatures.  The county clerk of a   county in whose office any notary public has qualified or has filed  his   autograph  signature and a certificate of his official character, shall,   when so requested and upon payment of a fee of fifty cents affix to  any   certificate  of  proof  or  acknowledgment or oath signed by such notary   anywhere in the state or New York, a  certificate  under  his  hand  and   seal,  stating  that  a  commission  or  a  certificate  of his official   character with his autograph signature has been filed in his office, and   that he was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment  or  oath   duly  authorized  to  take the same; that he is well acquainted with the   handwriting of such notary public or has compared the signature  on  the   certificate  of  proof  or  acknowledgment  or  oath  with the autograph   signature deposited in his office by such  notary  public  and  believes   that  the  signature is genuine.  An instrument with such certificate of   authentication of the county clerk affixed thereto shall be entitled  to   be  read  in  evidence  or to be recorded in any of the counties of this   state in respect to which  a  certificate  of  a  county  clerk  may  be   necessary for either purpose.
NY Exec L § 134 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 134 - Signature and Seal of County Clerk.

§ 134. Signature and seal of county clerk. The signature and seal of a   county  clerk,  upon  a  certificate  of  official character of a notary   public or the  signature  of  a  county  clerk  upon  a  certificate  of   authentication  of  the  signature  and  acts  of  a  notary  public  or   commissioner  of  deeds,  may  be   a   facsimile,   printed,   stamped,   photographed or engraved thereon.
NY Exec L § 135 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 135 - Powers and Duties; in General; of Notaries Public Who Are Attorneys at Law.

§  135.  Powers  and  duties;  in  general; of notaries public who are   attorneys  at  law.  Every  notary  public  duly  qualified  is   hereby   authorized  and  empowered within and throughout the state to administer   oaths and affirmations, to take affidavits and depositions,  to  receive   and  certify  acknowledgments or proof of deeds, mortgages and powers of   attorney and other instruments  in  writing;  to  demand  acceptance  or   payment  of  foreign  and inland bills of exchange, promissory notes and   obligations in writing, and to protest the same  for  non-acceptance  or   non-payment,   as  the  case  may  require,  and,  for  use  in  another   jurisdiction, to exercise such other powers and duties as by the laws of   nations and according to commercial usage, or by the laws of  any  other   government or country may be exercised and performed by notaries public,   provided that when exercising such powers he shall set forth the name of   such other jurisdiction.A  notary  public  who  is  an  attorney  at law regularly admitted to   practice in this state may, in his discretion,  administer  an  oath  or   affirmation  to or take the affidavit or acknowledgment of his client in   respect of any matter, claim, action or proceeding.For any misconduct by a notary public in the performance of any of his   powers such notary public shall be liable to the parties injured for all   damages sustained by them.  A  notary  public  shall  not,  directly  or   indirectly, demand or receive for the protest for the non-payment of any   note,  or for the non-acceptance or non-payment of any bill of exchange,   check or draft and giving the requisite notices and certificates of such   protest, including his notarial seal, if affixed  thereto,  any  greater   fee  or  reward  than seventy-five cents for such protest, and ten cents   for each notice, not exceeding five, on any bill or note.  Every  notary   public  having  a  seal  shall,  except  as otherwise provided, and when   requested, affix his seal to such protest free of expense.
NY Exec L § 135-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 135-A - Notary Public or Commissioner of Deeds; Acting Without Appointment; Fraud in Office.

§ 135-a. Notary  public  or  commissioner  of  deeds;  acting  without   appointment; fraud in office. 1. Any person who holds himself out to the   public as being entitled to act as a notary public  or  commissioner  of   deeds,  or who assumes, uses or advertises the title of notary public or   commissioner of deeds, or equivalent terms in any language,  in  such  a   manner  as  to  convey  the  impression  that  he  is a notary public or   commissioner of deeds without having  first  been  appointed  as  notary   public or commissioner of deeds, or2.  A  notary  public or commissioner of deeds, who in the exercise of   the powers, or in the performance of the duties  of  such  office  shall   practice  any fraud or deceit, the punishment for which is not otherwise   provided for by this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Exec L § 135-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 135-B - Advertising by Notaries Public.

§  135-b.  Advertising  by  notaries public. 1. The provisions of this   section shall not apply to attorneys-at-law, admitted to practice in the   state of New York.2. A notary public who advertises his or  her  services  as  a  notary   public   in   a  language  other  than  English  shall  post  with  such   advertisement a notice in such other language the  following  statement:   "I  am  not  an attorney licensed to practice law and may not give legal   advice about immigration or any other legal matter or  accept  fees  for   legal advice."3.  A  notary  public shall not use terms in a foreign language in any   advertisement for his or her services as a notary public  that  mean  or   imply  that the notary public is an attorney licensed to practice in the   state of New York or in any  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States.  The   secretary  shall  designate by rule or regulation the terms in a foreign   language that shall be deemed to mean or imply that a notary  public  is   licensed  to  practice law in the state of New York and the use of which   shall be prohibited by notary publics who are subject to this section.4. For purposes  of  this  section,  "advertisement"  shall  mean  and   include  material  designed  to give notice of or to promote or describe   the services offered by a notary public for  profit  and  shall  include   business  cards,  brochures, and notices, whether in print or electronic   form.5. Any person who violates any provision of this section or  any  rule   or  regulation  promulgated  by  the  secretary  may be liable for civil   penalty of up to one  thousand  dollars.  The  secretary  of  state  may   suspend a notary public upon a second violation of any of the provisions   of  this section and may remove from office a notary public upon a third   violation of any of the provisions of this section,  provided  that  the   notary  public shall have been served with a copy of the charges against   him or her and been given an opportunity to be heard. The civil  penalty   provided  for  by  this  subdivision  shall  be recoverable in an action   instituted by the attorney general on his or her own  initiative  or  at   the request of the secretary.6.  The  secretary  may promulgate rules and regulations governing the   provisions of this section, including the size and  type  of  statements   that a notary public is required by this section to post.
NY Exec L § 136 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 136 - Notarial Fees.

§ 136. Notarial  fees.  A  notary  public  shall  be  entitled  to the   following fees:1. For administering an oath or affirmation, and certifying  the  same   when  required,  except  where another fee is specifically prescribed by   statute, two dollars.2. For taking and certifying the acknowledgment or proof of  execution   of  a  written  instrument,  by  one  person,  two  dollars, and by each   additional person, two dollars, for swearing each witness  thereto,  two   dollars.
NY Exec L § 137 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 137 - Statement as to Authority of Notaries Public.

§ 137. Statement as to authority of notaries public. In exercising his   powers  pursuant  to  this  article, a notary public, in addition to the   venue of his act and his signature, shall  print,  typewrite,  or  stamp   beneath  his  signature in black ink, his name, the words "Notary Public   State of New York," the name  of  the  county  in  which  he  originally   qualified,  and  the  date  upon  which  his  commission expires and, in   addition, wherever required, a notary public shall also include the name   of any county in which his certificate of official character  is  filed,   using  the  words "Certificate filed .......... County." A notary public   who is duly licensed as an attorney and counsellor at law in this  state   may  in his discretion, substitute the words "Attorney and Counsellor at   Law" for the words "Notary Public." A notary public who has qualified or   who has filed a certificate of official character in the office  of  the   clerk  in  a  county  or  counties within the city of New York must also   affix to each instrument his official number or numbers in black ink, as   given to him by the clerk or clerks of such county or  counties  at  the   time  such  notary  qualified  in  such  county  or counties and, if the   instrument is to be recorded in an office of the register of the city of   New York in any county within such city and the notary has been given  a   number  or numbers by such register or his predecessors in any county or   counties, when his autographed signature and certificate  are  filed  in   such  office  or  offices  pursuant to this chapter, he shall also affix   such number or numbers. No official act of such notary public  shall  be   held  invalid on account of the failure to comply with these provisions.   If any notary public shall wilfully fail  to  comply  with  any  of  the   provisions  of  this section, he shall be subject to disciplinary action   by the secretary of state. In all  the  courts  within  this  state  the   certificate of a notary public, over his signature, shall be received as   presumptive  evidence  of  the  facts  contained  in  such  certificate;   provided,  that  any  person  interested  as  a  party  to  a  suit  may   contradict, by other evidence, the certificate of a notary public.
NY Exec L § 138 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 138 - Powers of Notaries Public or Other Officers Who Are Stockholders, Directors, Officers or Employees of a Corporation.

§ 138. Powers   of   notaries   public   or  other  officers  who  are   stockholders, directors, officers  or  employees  of  a  corporation.  A   notary  public,  justice  of  the  supreme court, a judge, clerk, deputy   clerk, or special deputy clerk of  a  court,  an  official  examiner  of   title,  or  the  mayor  or  recorder  of a city, a justice of the peace,   surrogate, special surrogate, special county judge, or  commissioner  of   deeds,  who  is  a  stockholder,  director,  officer  or  employee  of a   corporation may take the acknowledgment or  proof  of  any  party  to  a   written  instrument executed to or by such corporation, or administer an   oath to any other stockholder, director, officer, employee or  agent  of   such  corporation, and such notary public may protest for non-acceptance   or non-payment, bills of  exchange,  drafts,  checks,  notes  and  other   negotiable instruments owned or held for collection by such corporation;   but  none  of  the officers above named shall take the acknowledgment or   proof of a written instrument by or to a corporation of which  he  is  a   stockholder,  director, officer or employee, if such officer taking such   acknowledgment or proof be a party  executing  such  instrument,  either   individually  or  as  representative  of  such  corporation, nor shall a   notary public protest any  negotiable  instruments  owned  or  held  for   collection  by such corporation, if such notary public be individually a   party to such instrument, or have a financial interest in the subject of   same. All such acknowledgments or proofs of deeds,  mortgages  or  other   written  instruments,  relating to real property heretofore taken before   any of the officers aforesaid are confirmed.  This act shall not  affect   any action or legal proceeding now pending.
NY Exec L § 141 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6 - Department of State 141 - Commissioners of Deeds in Other States, Territories and Foreign Countries.

§ 141. Commissioners of deeds in other states, territories and foreign   countries.  The  secretary  of state may, in his discretion, appoint and   commission in any other  state,  territory  or  dependency,  or  in  any   foreign  country,  such number of commissioners of deeds as he may think   proper, each of whom shall be  a  resident  of  or  have  his  place  of   business   in   the   city,  county,  municipality  or  other  political   subdivision from which chosen, and shall hold office  for  the  term  of   four  years,  unless  such  appointment  shall  be sooner revoked by the   secretary of state, who shall have power to revoke the  same.  A  person   applying  for  appointment as a commissioner of deeds shall state in his   application  the  city,  county,   municipality   or   other   political   subdivision for which he desires to be appointed, and shall enclose with   his  application  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars,  which  sum,  if a   commission shall be granted, shall be paid by  the  secretary  of  state   into  the  state  treasury, and if such commission shall not be granted,   then the same shall be returned to the person  making  the  application.   Each commissioner, before performing any of the duties or exercising any   of  the  powers  of  his  office,  shall take the constitutional oath of   office, if appointed for a city or  county  within  the  United  States,   before  a  justice of the peace or some other magistrate in such city or   county; and if for a territory or dependency, before a judge of a  court   of  record  in  such  territory  or  dependency;  and  if  for  a  city,   municipality or other political subdivision in a foreign country, before   a person authorized by the laws of this state to administer an  oath  in   such  country,  or  before a clerk or judge of a court of record in such   foreign country; and shall cause to be  prepared  an  official  seal  on   which  shall  be  designated his name, the words, "commissioner of deeds   for the state of New York," and the name of the city or county, and  the   state,  country,  municipality or other political subdivision from which   appointed, and shall file a clear impression of such seal,  his  written   signature  and  his  oath  certified  by  the officer before whom it was   taken, in the office of the department of state. The secretary of  state   upon  receipt  of  such impression, signature and oath, shall forward to   such commissioner instructions and forms, and a copy of the  appropriate   sections of this chapter.