N.Y. Executive Law § 137: Statement as to authority of notaries public

§ 137. Statement as to authority of notaries public. In exercising

powers pursuant to this article, a notary public, in addition to the

venue of the act and signature of such notary public, shall print,

typewrite, stamp, or affix by electronic means where performing an

electronic notarial act in conformity with section one hundred

thirty-five-c of the executive law, beneath their signature in black

ink, the notary public's name, the words "Notary Public State of New

York," the name of the county in which such notary public originally

qualified, and the expiration date of such notary public's commission

and, in addition, wherever required, a notary public shall also include

the name of any county in which such notary public's certificate of

official character is filed, using the words "Certificate filed

........... County." A notary public who is duly licensed as an attorney

and counsellor at law in this state may substitute the words "Attorney

and Counsellor at Law" for the words "Notary Public." A notary public

who has qualified or who has filed a certificate of official character

in the office of the clerk in a county or counties within the city of

New York must also affix to each instrument such notary public's

official number or numbers in black ink, as assigned by the clerk or

clerks of such county or counties at the time such notary qualified in

such county or counties and, if the instrument is to be recorded in an

office of the register of the city of New York in any county within such

city and the notary has been given a number or numbers by such register

or his predecessors in any county or counties, when the notary public's

autographed signature and certificate are filed in such office or

offices pursuant to this chapter, the notary public shall also affix

such number or numbers. No official act of such notary public shall be

held invalid on account of the failure to comply with these provisions.

If any notary public shall willfully fail to comply with any of the

provisions of this section, the notary public shall be subject to

disciplinary action by the secretary of state. In all the courts within

this state the certificate of a notary public, over the signature of the

notary public, shall be received as presumptive evidence of the facts

contained in such certificate; provided, that any person interested as a

party to a suit may contradict, by other evidence, the certificate of a

notary public.