N.Y. Executive Law § 132: Certificates of official character of notaries public

§ 132. Certificates of official character of notaries public. The

secretary of state or the county clerk of the county in which the

commission of a notary public is filed may certify to the official

character of such notary public and any notary public may file their

autograph signature and a certificate of official character in the

office of any county clerk of any county in the state and in any

register's office in any county having a register and thereafter such

county clerk may certify as to the official character of such notary

public. The secretary of state shall collect for each certificate of

official character issued the sum of one dollar. The county clerk and

register of any county with whom a certificate of official character has

been filed shall collect for filing the same the sum of ten dollars. For

each certificate of official character issued, with seal attached, by

any county clerk, the sum of five dollars shall be collected.