2010 New York Code
EXC - Executive
Article 6 - (90 - 144) DEPARTMENT OF STATE
131 - Procedure of appointment; fees and commissions; fee payment methods.

§ 131.  * Procedure of appointment; fees and commissions.
    * NB Effective until December 1, 2010
    * Procedure of appointment; fees and commissions; fee payment methods.
    * NB Effective December 1, 2010
    1.  Applicants  for  a  notary  public  commission shall submit to the
  secretary of state with their  application  the  oath  of  office,  duly
  executed  before  any  person authorized to administer an oath, together
  with their signature.
    2. Upon being satisfied  of  the  competency  and  good  character  of
  applicants  for  appointment  as notaries public, the secretary of state
  shall issue a commission to such persons; and the official signature  of
  the applicants and the oath of office filed with such applications shall
  take effect.
    3.  The  secretary of state shall receive a non-refundable application
  fee of sixty dollars from applicants for appointment, which fee shall be
  submitted together with the application. No further fee  shall  be  paid
  for the issuance of the commission.
    4.  A  notary  public  identification  card indicating the appointee's
  name, address, county and commission term shall be  transmitted  to  the
  appointee.
    5. The commission, duly dated, and a certified copy or the original of
  the  oath  of  office  and  the  official  signature, and twenty dollars
  apportioned from  the  application  fee  shall  be  transmitted  by  the
  secretary of state to the county clerk in which the appointee resides by
  the tenth day of the following month.
    6.  The  county  clerk  shall  make  a proper index of commissions and
  official signatures transmitted to that office by the secretary of state
  pursuant to the provisions of this section.
    7. Applicants for reappointment of a notary  public  commission  shall
  submit  to  the  county clerk with their application the oath of office,
  duly executed before  any  person  authorized  to  administer  an  oath,
  together with their signature.
    8.  Upon  being  satisfied  of the completeness of the application for
  reappointment, the  county  clerk  shall  issue  a  commission  to  such
  persons;  and  the  official signature of the applicants and the oath of
  office filed with such applications shall take effect.
    9. The county clerk shall receive a non-refundable application fee  of
  sixty  dollars from each applicant for reappointment, which fee shall be
  submitted together with the application. No further fee  shall  be  paid
  for the issuance of the commission.
    10.  The  commission,  duly dated, and a certified or original copy of
  the application, and forty dollars apportioned from the application  fee
  plus  interest as may be required by statute shall be transmitted by the
  county clerk to the secretary of state by the tenth day of the following
  month.
    11. The secretary of state shall make a proper record  of  commissions
  transmitted  to  that  office  by  the  county  clerk  pursuant  to  the
  provisions of this section.
    12. Except for changes made in an application for  reappointment,  the
  secretary of state shall receive a non-refundable fee of ten dollars for
  changing the name or address of a notary public.
    13.  The  secretary of state may issue a duplicate identification card
  to a notary public for one lost, destroyed or damaged  upon  application
  therefor on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and upon payment
  of   a   non-refundable   fee   of  ten  dollars.  Each  such  duplicate
  identification card shall have the word "duplicate" stamped  across  the
  face thereof, and shall bear the same number as the one it replaces.

* 14.  The  secretary  of  state  and  any  county clerk, shall accept
  payment for any fee relating to appointment or reappointment as a notary
  in the form of cash, money order, certified check, company  check,  bank
  check or personal check. The secretary of state and any county clerk may
  provide  for  accepting  payment  of  any  such fee due to him or her by
  credit or debit card, which may include payment through the internet.
    * NB Effective December 1, 2010