>>> Uniform forms of certificates of acknowledgment or proof without this state.

Notary Public License Law
§ 309-b. Uniform forms of certificates of acknowledgment or proof without this state.

1. The certificate of an acknowledgment, without this State, of a conveyance or other instrument with respect to real property situate in this State, by a person, may conform substantially with the following form, the blanks being properly filled:

State, District of Columbia, )
Territory, Possession, or ) ss.:
Foreign Country )
On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year . . . . . . before me, the under-signed, personally appeared . . . . . ., personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted, executed the instru-ment.

(Signature and office of individual taking acknowledgment.)

2. The certificate for a proof of execution by a subscribing witness, without this State, of a conveyance or other instrument made by any per-son in respect to real property situate in this State, may conform substan-tially with the following form, the blanks being properly filled:

State, District of Columbia, )
Territory, Possession, or ) ss.:
Foreign Country )
On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year . . . . . . before me, the under-signed, personally appeared . . . . . ., the subscribing witness to the fore-going instrument, with whom I am personally acquainted, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she resides in . . . . . . (if the place of residence is in a city, include the street and street number, if any, thereof); that he/she knows . . . . . . to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that said subscribing witness was present and saw said . . . . . . execute the same; and that said witness at the same time subscribed his/her name as a witness thereto.

(Signature and office of individual taking proof.)

3. No provision of this section shall be construed to:

• (a) modify the choice of laws afforded by §§299-a and 301-a of this article pursuant to which an acknowledgment or proof may be taken;
• (b) modify any requirement of §307 of this article;
• (c) modify any requirement for a seal imposed by subdivision one of §308 of this article;
• (d) modify any requirement concerning a certificate of authentica-tion imposed by §308, 311, 312, 314, or 318 of this article; or
• (e) modify any requirement imposed by any provision of this article when the certificate of acknowledgment or proof purports to be taken in the manner prescribed by the laws of another state, the District of Columbia, territory, possession, or foreign country.

4. A certificate of an acknowledgment or proof taken under §300 of this article shall include the additional information required by that sec-tion.

5. For the purposes of this section, the term “person” means a person as defined in subdivision 4 of §309-a of this article.

6. The inclusion within the body (other than the jurat) of a certificate of acknowledgment or proof made under this section or the city or other po-litical subdivision and the state or country or other place the acknowledg-ment was taken shall be deemed. A non-substantial variance from the form of a certificate authorized by this section.