New York Laws
Article 9 - Recording Instruments Affecting Real Property
299 - Acknowledgments and Proofs Without the State, but Within the United States or Any Territory, Possession, or Dependency Thereof.

§ 299. Acknowledgments and proofs without the state, but within the
United States or any territory, possession, or dependency thereof. The
acknowledgment or proof of a conveyance of real property situate in this
state, if made (a) without the state but within the United States, (b)
within any territory, possession, or dependency of the United States, or
(c) within any place over which the United States, at the time when such
acknowledgment or proof is taken, has or exercises jurisdiction,
sovereignty, control, or a protectorate, may be made before any of the
following officers acting within his territorial jurisdiction or within
that of the court of which he is an officer: 1. A judge or other
presiding officer of any court having a seal, or the clerk or other
certifying officer thereof.

2. A mayor or other chief civil officer of any city or other political
subdivision.

3. A notary public.

4. A commissioner of deeds appointed pursuant to the laws of this
state to take acknowledgments or proofs without this state.

5. Any person authorized, by the laws of the state, District of
Columbia, territory, possession, dependency, or other place where the
acknowledgment or proof is made, to take the acknowledgment or proof of
deeds to be recorded therein.

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