N.Y. Executive Law § 135-a: Notary public or commissioner of deeds; acting without appointment; fraud in office

§ 135-a. Notary public or commissioner of deeds; acting without

appointment; fraud in office. 1. Any person who holds himself out to the

public as being entitled to act as a notary public or commissioner of

deeds, or who assumes, uses or advertises the title of notary public or

commissioner of deeds, or equivalent terms in any language, in such a

manner as to convey the impression that he is a notary public or

commissioner of deeds without having first been appointed as notary

public or commissioner of deeds, or

2. A notary public or commissioner of deeds, who in the exercise of

the powers, or in the performance of the duties of such office shall

practice any fraud or deceit, the punishment for which is not otherwise

provided for by this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.