2013 New York Consolidated Laws
GCN - General Construction
Article 2 - (10 - 62) MEANING OF TERMS
43 - Seal of court, public officer or corporation.

 
    § 43. Seal of court, public officer or corporation. A seal of a court,
  public  officer  or  corporation  may  be  impressed  directly  upon the
  instrument or writing to be sealed, or upon wafer, wax or other adhesive
  substance affixed thereto, or upon paper,  or  other  similar  substance
  affixed  thereto  by mucilage or other adhesive substance, or may appear
  as a facsimile, or be engraved or printed or  reproduced  in  any  other
  manner.    A  seal  of  a  corporation  upon  a  corporate bond or other
  corporate obligation for the  payment  of  money  may  be  a  facsimile,
  engraved or printed.