STATE OF NEW YORK
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9775
IN SENATE
April 6, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to limiting recordkeeping
and reporting duties of public notaries
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 135-d
2 to read as follows:
3 § 135-d. Recordkeeping and reporting. Notwithstanding any other
4 provision of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, except as
5 provided by section one hundred thirty-five-c of this article regarding
6 electronic notarization, a notary shall not be required to create or
7 retain any other notarial record of any notarial act.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07500-01-5
