N.Y. Real Property Law § 309-a: Uniform forms of certificates of acknowledgment or proof within this state

§ 309-a. Uniform forms of certificates of acknowledgment or proof

within this state. 1. The certificate of an acknowledgment, within this

state, of a conveyance or other instrument in respect to real property

situate in this state, by a person, must conform substantially with the

following form, the blanks being properly filled:

State of New York }ss.:

County of ........}

On the .......... day of ........ in the year ..... before me, the

undersigned, personally appeared ........, personally known to me or

proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the

individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument

and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in

his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on

the instrument, the individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which

the individual(s) acted, executed the instrument.

(Signature and office of individual taking acknowledgement.)

2. The certificate for a proof of execution by a subscribing witness,

within this state, of a conveyance or other instrument made by any

person in respect to real property situate in this state, must conform

substantially with the following form, the blanks being properly filled:

State of New York }ss.:

County of ........}

On the ....... day of ...... in the year .... before me, the

undersigned, personally appeared ......, the subscribing witness to the

foregoing instrument, with whom I am personally acquainted, who, being

by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she/they reside(s) in

.......(if the place of residence is in a city, include the street and

street number, if any, thereof); that he/she/they know(s)...........to

be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing

instrument; that said subscribing witness was present and saw said

........execute the same; and that said witness at the same time

subscribed his/her/their name(s) as a witness thereto.

(Signature and office of individual taking proof.)

3. A certificate of an acknowledgement or proof taken under section

three hundred of this article shall include the additional information

required by that section.

4. For the purposes of this section, the term "person" means any

corporation, joint stock company, estate, general partnership (including

any registered limited liability partnership or foreign limited

liability partnership), limited liability company (including a

professional service limited liability company), foreign limited

liability company (including a foreign professional service limited

liability company), joint venture, limited partnership, natural person,

attorney in fact, real estate investment trust, business trust or other

trust, custodian, nominee or any other individual or entity in its own

or any representative capacity.