2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBO - Public Officers
Article 2 - (3 - 19) APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATION OF PUBLIC OFFICERS
8 - Commissions of officers.

 
    § 8. Commissions  of  officers.    The  commission  of  every  officer
  appointed by the governor, or by the governor by and with the consent of
  the senate, shall be signed by the governor and attested under the  seal
  of  this  state, by the secretary of state, who shall make and record in
  his office a copy of such commission, and deliver the  original  to  the
  officer  appointed, by a messenger, if the governor shall so direct, and
  otherwise, by mail, or as the secretary  of  state  shall  deem  proper.
  Commissions  of  notaries  public  shall  be  signed by the secretary of
  state, or by a person or persons in the department of  state  designated
  by  the secretary of state, and shall be sent to the county clerk of the
  county in which such notaries public respectively reside. Commissions of
  commissioners  of  deeds  in  other  states,  territories  and   foreign
  countries,  shall be signed by the secretary of state, or by a person or
  persons in the department of state designated  by  secretary  of  state.
  Every  other  appointment  of  an  officer,  made  by  one or more state
  officers, shall be in writing, and signed by the officer or officers, or
  by a majority of the officers, or by the presiding officer of the  board
  or  body making the appointment. Every such written appointment shall be
  deemed the commission of the  officer  appointed,  and  if  of  a  state
  officer,  a  duplicate  or a certified copy thereof shall be recorded in
  the office of the department of state; if of a local officer it shall be
  sent to the clerk of the county in which  the  officer  appointed  shall
  then  reside,  who  shall  file  the  same in his office, and notify the
  officer appointed of his appointment.