2010 New York Code
RPP - Real Property
Article 9 - (290 - 336) RECORDING INSTRUMENTS AFFECTING REAL PROPERTY
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 commissioned officer in active service of the armed
  forces of the United States with the rank of second lieutenant or higher
  in the Army, Air Force or Marine Corps, or ensign or higher in the  Navy
  or  Coast  Guard, or with equivalent rank in any other 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.