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Senate Bill S3692

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

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2025-S3692 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A969
Current Committee:
Senate 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: S5014, A4124

2025-S3692 (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-S3692 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3692 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3692
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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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