N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 2309: Oaths and affirmations

§ 2309. Oaths and affirmations. (a) Persons authorized to administer.

Unless otherwise provided, an oath or affirmation may be administered by

any person authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds by the real

property law. Any person authorized by the laws of this state to receive

evidence may administer an oath or affirmation for that purpose. An

oath to a juror or jurors may be administered by a clerk of court and

his deputies. This section shall not apply to an oath of office.

(b) Form. An oath or affirmation shall be administered in a form

calculated to awaken the conscience and impress the mind of the person

taking it in accordance with his religious or ethical beliefs.

(c) Oaths and affirmations taken without the state. An oath or

affirmation taken without the state shall be treated as if taken within

the state if it is accompanied by such certificate or certificates as

would be required to entitle a deed acknowledged without the state to be

recorded within the state if made in accordance with the provisions of

this section.

(d) Form of certificate of oath or affirmation administered by officer

of the armed forces of the United States. The certificate of an oath or

affirmation administered within or without the state or the United

States, by an officer of the armed forces of the United States

authorized by the real property law to take acknowledgment of deeds,

shall state:

1. the rank and serial number of the officer before whom the oath or

affirmation is taken and the command to which he is attached;

2. that the person taking the oath or affirmation was, at the time of

taking it, a person enlisted or commissioned in or serving in or with

the armed forces of the United States or the dependent of such a person,

or a person attached to or accompanying the armed forces of the United

States; and

3. the serial number of the person who takes, or whose dependent takes

the oath or affirmation, if such person is enlisted or commissioned in

the armed forces of the United States. The place where such oath or

affidavit is taken need not be disclosed.