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Assembly Bill A969

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring all banking organizations to have a notary public available during business hours

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2025-A969 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3692
Current Committee:
Assembly Banks
Law Section:
Banking Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6-q, Bank L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7240
2019-2020: S2880
2021-2022: S3419
2023-2024: A4124, S5014

2025-A969 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all banking organizations to have a notary public available during business hours; permits banking organizations to charge a fee for such service.

2025-A969 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    969
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, WEPRIN, SAYEGH, CUNNINGHAM, TAYLOR
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Banks
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the banking law, in relation to requiring all banking
   organizations to have a notary public available during business hours

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The banking law is amended by adding a new section 6-q to
 read as follows:
   § 6-Q. NOTARY PUBLICS; REQUIRED. EVERY BANKING ORGANIZATION SHALL HAVE
 A PERSON QUALIFIED AS A NOTARY PUBLIC IN THIS STATE ON STAFF AND  AVAIL-
 ABLE  ON  THE  PREMISES  OF  EACH  FACILITY OF SUCH BANKING ORGANIZATION
 DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS. SUCH BANKING ORGANIZATION SHALL HAVE  THE
 OPTION  TO  CHARGE  A  NOMINAL FEE, NOT TO EXCEED ANY FEE ESTABLISHED IN
 LAW, FOR ANY NOTARY SERVICES PROVIDED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02431-01-5

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