N.Y. General Construction Law § 11: Acknowledgment or proof of instrument

§ 11. Acknowledgment or proof of instrument. When the execution of any

instrument or writing is authorized or required by law to be

acknowledged, or to be proven so as to entitle it to be filed or

recorded in a public office, the acknowledgment may be taken or the

proof made before any officer then and there authorized to take the

acknowledgment or proof of the execution of a deed of real property to

entitle it to be recorded in a county clerk's office, and shall be made

and certified in the same manner as such acknowledgment or proof of such

deed.