2010 New York Code
RPP - Real Property
Article 9 - (290 - 336) RECORDING INSTRUMENTS AFFECTING REAL PROPERTY
301 - Acknowledgments and proofs in foreign countries.

§   301.   Acknowledgments   and  proofs  in  foreign  countries.  The
  acknowledgment or proof of a conveyance of real property situate in this
  state may be made in foreign  countries  before  any  of  the  following
  officers  acting  within  his territorial jurisdiction or within that of
  the court of which he is an officer: 1. An ambassador, envoy,  minister,
  charge   d'affaires,  secretary  of  legation,  consul-general,  consul,
  vice-consul,  consular  agent,  vice-consular  agent,   or   any   other
  diplomatic  or  consular  agent  or representative of the United States,
  appointed or accredited to, and residing within, the country  where  the
  acknowledgment or proof is taken.
    2.  A  judge or other presiding officer of any court having a seal, or
  the clerk or other certifying officer thereof.
    3. A mayor or other chief civil officer of any city or other political
  subdivision.
    4. A notary public.
    5. A commissioner of deeds appointed pursuant  to  the  laws  of  this
  state to take acknowledgments or proofs without this state.
    6.  A  person  residing  in,  or  going  to,  the  country  where  the
  acknowledgment or proof is to be taken,  and  specially  authorized  for
  that purpose by a commission issued to him under the seal of the supreme
  court of the state of New York.
    7.  Any  person  authorized,  by  the  laws  of  the country where the
  acknowledgment or proof is made, to take acknowledgments of  conveyances
  of real estate or to administer oaths in proof of the execution thereof.