2021 New York Laws
JUD - Judiciary
Article 2 - General Provisions Relating to Courts and Judges
30-F - Seal of Cortland County and of the County Clerk,the Supreme Court and the County Court in Said County.

§  30-f.  Seal of Cortland county and of the county clerk, the supreme
court and the county court in said county. 1. The  county  of  Cortland,
the  county  clerk  of  said county and the supreme court and the county
court therein shall have and use the following seal:
                           Description of Seal
  The seal shall be approximately 2 1/4 inches in  diameter.  The  outer
border  shall  consist  of inverted scallops with an inner smooth circle
border. Along the upper outside of the circle shall be  the  inscription
in  capital  block  lettering  "SEAL OF CORTLAND COUNTY, N.Y." Along the
lower outside of the circle shall be the inscription  in  capital  block
lettering "A.D. 1808." The center shall consist of a shield topped by an
eagle  and  wreath  of  laurels.  The shield shall feature 13 stars in a
field of blue, above a red and white striped base. The left side of  the
seal shall consist of a man with a sheaf of wheat. The right side of the
seal  shall  consist  of  a  man with a hammer and wheel, with a factory
behind. Both men shall have hands resting  on  the  center  shield.  The
foreground  of  the  seal,  at the base of the shield shall consist of a
mound of Cortland apples.
  2. The county clerk of Cortland county shall cause the design of  said
seal  (in  black and white) to be engraved upon metal. From time to time
the county clerk shall obtain and make available, and keep in good order
and repair as many of such engraved metal seals as may be necessary  for
the  proper performance of the duties of the office and of the duties of
the clerks and officers in the supreme and county courts  authorized  to
use  said seal. All the expense incurred by the county clerk incident to
said seal shall be a county charge against the county of Cortland.
  3. Such seal shall be used and affixed only:
  (a) by the county clerk of Cortland county or by any deputy  or  clerk
duly authorized by them;
  (b)  by  any judicial clerk of the supreme or county court resident in
Cortland county, duly authorized by said county clerk; and
  (c) any county officer or other person authorized by  law  to  execute
official documents on behalf of the county.
  4.  The  use  of said seal or of any replica or simulation thereof, in
form or substance, by  any  unauthorized  person  or  for  any  wrongful
purpose,  is  prohibited.  Any  violation  of  this prohibition shall be
deemed to be a misdemeanor and punishable as such.