N.Y. Public Officers Law § 8: Commissions of officers

§ 8. Commissions of officers. The commission of every officer

appointed by the governor, or by the governor by and with the consent of

the senate, shall be signed by the governor and attested under the seal

of this state, by the secretary of state, who shall make and record in

his office a copy of such commission, and deliver the original to the

officer appointed, by a messenger, if the governor shall so direct, and

otherwise, by mail, or as the secretary of state shall deem proper.

Commissions of notaries public shall be signed by the secretary of

state, or by a person or persons in the department of state designated

by the secretary of state, and shall be sent to the county clerk of the

county in which such notaries public respectively reside. Commissions of

commissioners of deeds in other states, territories and foreign

countries, shall be signed by the secretary of state, or by a person or

persons in the department of state designated by secretary of state.

Every other appointment of an officer, made by one or more state

officers, shall be in writing, and signed by the officer or officers, or

by a majority of the officers, or by the presiding officer of the board

or body making the appointment. Every such written appointment shall be

deemed the commission of the officer appointed, and if of a state

officer, a duplicate or a certified copy thereof shall be recorded in

the office of the department of state; if of a local officer it shall be

sent to the clerk of the county in which the officer appointed shall

then reside, who shall file the same in his office, and notify the

officer appointed of his appointment.