N.Y. Real Property Law § 300: Acknowledgments and proofs by persons in or with the armed forces of the United States

§ 300. Acknowledgments and proofs by persons in or with the armed

forces of the United States. The acknowledgment or proof of a conveyance

of real property situate in this state, if made by a person enlisted or

commissioned in or serving in or with the armed forces of the United

States or by a dependent of any such person, wherever located, or by a

person attached to or accompanying the armed forces of the United

States, whether made within or without the United States, may be made

before any officer in active service of the armed forces of the United

States authorized to act as a notary in any component part of the armed

forces of the United States.

In addition to the requirements of sections three hundred and three,

three hundred and four, and three hundred and six of this chapter, the

certificate of an acknowledgment or proof taken under this section shall

state (a) the rank and serial number of the officer taking the same, and

the command to which he is attached, (b) that the person making such

acknowledgment or proof was, at the time of making the same, enlisted or

commissioned in or serving in or with the armed forces of the United

States or the dependent of such a person, or a person attached to or

accompanying the armed forces of the United States, and (c) the serial

number of the person who makes, or whose dependent makes the

acknowledgment or proof if such person is enlisted or commissioned in

the armed forces of the United States. The place where such

acknowledgment or proof is taken need not be disclosed.

No authentication of the officer's certificate of acknowledgment or

proof shall be required.

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this section, the

acknowledgment or proof of a conveyance of real property situate in this

state may also be made as provided in sections two hundred ninety-eight,

two hundred ninety-nine, two hundred ninety-nine-a, three hundred one,

and three hundred one-a, of this chapter.