STATE OF NEW YORK
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9294
IN ASSEMBLY
February 23, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to increasing the fees
certain notaries public shall be entitled to
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 136 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 143
2 of the laws of 1991, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 104 of the laws
3 of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
4 § 136. Notarial fees. A notary public shall be entitled to the follow-
5 ing fees:
6 1. For administering an oath or affirmation, and certifying the same
7 when required, except where another fee is specifically prescribed by
8 statute, [two] five dollars.
9 2. For taking and certifying the acknowledgment or proof of execution
10 of a written instrument, by one person, [two] five dollars, and by each
11 additional person, [two] five dollars, for swearing each witness there-
12 to, [two] five dollars.
13 3. For electronic notarial services, established in section one
14 hundred thirty-five-c of this chapter, a fee set through regulation by
15 the secretary of state.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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