Senate Bill S4166

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the fees certain notaries public shall be entitled to

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S4166 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9294
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §136, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7205
2019-2020: S7338
2021-2022: S449

2023-S4166 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing the fees certain notaries public shall be entitled to from two dollars to five dollars.

2023-S4166 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4166 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4166
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  increasing  the  fees
   certain notaries public shall be entitled to
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 136 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 143
 of the laws of 1991, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 104 of the laws
 of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   § 136. Notarial fees. A notary public shall be entitled to the follow-
 ing fees:
   1. For administering an oath or affirmation, and certifying  the  same
 when  required,  except  where another fee is specifically prescribed by
 statute, [two] FIVE dollars.
   2. For taking and certifying the acknowledgment or proof of  execution
 of  a written instrument, by one person, [two] FIVE dollars, and by each
 additional person, [two] FIVE dollars, for swearing each witness  there-
 to, [two] FIVE dollars.
   3.  For  electronic  notarial  services,  established  in  section one
 hundred thirty-five-c of this chapter, a fee set through  regulation  by
 the secretary of state.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08499-01-3

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