New York Laws
Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner
203 - Oaths and Acknowledgments.

§ 203. Oaths and acknowledgments. The commissioner of motor vehicles,
a deputy commissioner, an assistant deputy commissioner or a motor
vehicle referee shall have power to administer oaths and take affidavits
and acknowledgments in relation to any matter or proceeding in the
exercise of the powers or the performance of the duties of the
commissioner under this chapter. Any officer or employee of the
department of motor vehicles, designated for that purpose by the
commissioner of motor vehicles, or any assistant to a county clerk as
may be designated by such county clerk, shall have power to take any
affidavit or acknowledgment which any person is required to file with
the department of motor vehicles.

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