S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 21, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. SCHROEDER, COOK -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to notary publics
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 303 of the real property law is amended to read as
follows:
S 303. Requisites of acknowledgments. An acknowledgment must not be
taken by any officer unless he knows or has satisfactory evidence, that
the person making it is the person described in and who executed such
instrument. SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY MEANS RELIANCE ON AT
LEAST ONE CURRENT FORM OF IDENTIFICATION ISSUED BY A FEDERAL OR STATE
GOVERNMENT THAT CONTAINS THE BEARER'S PHOTOGRAPH AND SIGNATURE; OR ON
THE OATH OR AFFIRMATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS PERSONALLY KNOWN TO THE
NOTARY AND WHO PERSONALLY KNOWS THE ACKNOWLEDGER; OR, IN THE CASE OF AN
ACKNOWLEDGER SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, ON THE OATH OR AFFIRMA-
TION OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO PERSONALLY KNOWS THE ACKNOWLEDGER, AND
PROVIDES AT LEAST ONE CURRENT FORM OF IDENTIFICATION AS DESCRIBED IN
THIS SECTION, AND HAS NO INVOLVEMENT IN THE TRANSACTION REQUIRING A
NOTARIAL ACT.
S 2. Section 309 of the real property law, as amended by chapter 179
of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
S 309. Acknowledgment by INDIVIDUAL, corporation, PARTNERSHIP OR
ATTORNEY IN FACT and form of certificate; FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR PROOF
BY SUBSCRIBING WITNESS. 1. The acknowledgment of a conveyance or other
instrument by a corporation, must be made by an officer or attorney in
fact duly appointed, or in case of a dissolved corporation, by an offi-
cer, director or attorney in fact duly appointed thereof authorized to
execute the same by the board of directors of said corporation.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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2. A. The certificate of acknowledgment must conform substantially
with one of the following alternative forms, the blanks being properly
filled:
State of New York )ss.:
County of..... )
On the....... day of....... in the year....... before me personally
came......., to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and
say that he/she/they reside(s) in....... (if the place of residence is
in a city, include the street and street number, if any, thereof); that
he/she/they is (are) the (president or other officer or director or
attorney in fact duly appointed) of the (name of corporation), the
corporation described in and which executed the above instrument; that
he/she/they know(s) the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed
to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by
authority of the board of directors of said corporation, and that
he/she/they signed his/her/their name(s) thereto by like authority.
(Signature and office of person taking acknowledgment.)
State of New York )ss.:
County of..... )
On the....... day of....... in the year....... before me personally
came......., to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and
say that he/she/they reside(s) in....... (if the place of residence is
in a city, include the street and street number, if any, thereof); that
he/she/they is (are) the (president or other officer or director or
attorney in fact duly appointed) of the (name of corporation), the
corporation described in and which executed the above instrument; and
that he/she/they signed his/her/their name(s) thereto by authority of
the board of directors of said corporation.
(Signature and office of person taking acknowledgment.)
B. THE CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF A CONVEYANCE OR OTHER INSTRU-
MENT BY AN INDIVIDUAL ON HIS OR HER OWN BEHALF MUST CONFORM SUBSTANTIAL-
LY WITH THE FOLLOWING FORM, THE BLANKS BEING PROPERLY FILLED:
STATE OF NEW YORK ) SS.:
COUNTY OF ..... )
ON THE ..... DAY OF .......... IN THE YEAR ..... BEFORE ME PERSONALLY
CAME ..............., TO ME KNOWN TO BE THE INDIVIDUAL DESCRIBED IN AND
WHO EXECUTED THE FOREGOING INSTRUMENT, AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE/SHE
EXECUTED THE SAME.
(SIGNATURE AND OFFICE OF PERSON TAKING ACKNOWLEDGMENT.)
C. THE CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF A CONVEYANCE OR OTHER INSTRU-
MENT BY A PARTNER ON BEHALF OF A PARTNERSHIP MUST CONFORM SUBSTANTIALLY
WITH THE FOLLOWING FORM, THE BLANKS BEING PROPERLY FILLED:
STATE OF NEW YORK ) SS.:
COUNTY OF ..... )
ON THE ..... DAY OF .......... IN THE YEAR ..... BEFORE ME PERSONALLY
CAME ..............., TO ME KNOWN TO BE THE PERSON WHO EXECUTED THE
FOREGOING INSTRUMENT, AND WHO, BEING BY ME DULY SWORN, DID DEPOSE AND
SAY THAT HE/SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE FIRM OF ..............., A CO-PART-
NERSHIP, AND THAT HE/SHE EXECUTED THE FOREGOING INSTRUMENT IN THE FIRM
NAME OF ..............., AND THAT HE/SHE HAD AUTHORITY TO SIGN THE SAME,
AND HE/SHE ACKNOWLEDGED TO ME THAT HE/SHE EXECUTED THE SAME AS THE ACT
AND DEED OF SAID FIRM FOR THE USES AND PURPOSES THEREIN CONTAINED.
(SIGNATURE AND OFFICE OF PERSON TAKING ACKNOWLEDGMENT.)
D. THE CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF A CONVEYANCE OR OTHER INSTRU-
MENT BY AN ATTORNEY IN FACT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON MUST CONFORM
SUBSTANTIALLY WITH THE FOLLOWING FORM, THE BLANKS BEING PROPERLY FILLED:
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STATE OF NEW YORK ) SS.:
COUNTY OF ..... )
ON THE ..... DAY OF .......... IN THE YEAR ..... BEFORE ME PERSONALLY
CAME ..............., TO ME PERSONALLY KNOWN TO BE THE PERSON DESCRIBED
AND APPOINTED ATTORNEY IN FACT AND BY A CERTAIN POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXECUTED BY .............., DATED .......... AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE
OF THE CLERK OF ...... COUNTY ON THE ..... DAY OF ......... IN THE YEAR
..... (OR, TO BE RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF ......... COUN-
TY SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE FOREGOING INSTRUMENT) AND ACKNOWLEDGED TO ME
THAT HE/SHE HAD EXECUTED THE FOREGOING INSTRUMENT AS THE ACT OF THE SAID
..........
(SIGNATURE AND OFFICE OF PERSON TAKING ACKNOWLEDGMENT.)
THE CERTIFICATE FOR A PROOF OF EXECUTION BY A SUBSCRIBING WITNESS MUST
CONFORM SUBSTANTIALLY WITH THE FOLLOWING FORM, THE BLANKS BEING PROPERLY
FILLED:
STATE OF NEW YORK ) SS.:
COUNTY OF ..... )
ON THE ..... DAY OF ......... IN THE YEAR BEFORE ME PERSONALLY CAME
.............., THE SUBSCRIBING WITNESS TO THE FOREGOING INSTRUMENT,
WITH WHOM I AM PERSONALLY ACQUAINTED, WHO, BEING BY ME DULY SWORN, DID
DEPOSE AND SAY THAT HE/SHE RESIDES IN .......... (IF THE PLACE OF RESI-
DENCE IS IN A CITY, INCLUDE THE STREET AND STREET NUMBER, IF ANY, THERE-
OF); THAT HE/SHE KNOWS ............. TO BE THE INDIVIDUAL DESCRIBED IN
AND WHO EXECUTED THE FOREGOING INSTRUMENT; THAT HE/SHE, SAID SUBSCRIBING
WITNESS, WAS PRESENT AND SAW SAID ............... EXECUTE THE SAME; AND
THAT HE/SHE, SAID WITNESS, AT THE SAME TIME SUBSCRIBED HIS/HER NAME AS
WITNESS THERETO.
(SIGNATURE AND OFFICE OF PERSON TAKING PROOF.)
3. Subdivision two of this section shall be inapplicable to the
acknowledgment, within this state, of a conveyance or other instrument
in respect to real property situate in this state executed on or after
the first day of September, nineteen hundred ninety-nine. A certificate
of such an acknowledgment shall be subject to the provisions of section
three hundred nine-a of this article.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.