§ 309-a. Uniform forms of certificates of acknowledgment or proof
within this state. 1. The certificate of an acknowledgment, within this
state, of a conveyance or other instrument in respect to real property
situate in this state, by a person, must conform substantially with the
following form, the blanks being properly filled:
State of New York }ss.:
County of ........}
On the .......... day of ........ in the year ..... before me, the
undersigned, 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 instrument.
(Signature and office of individual taking acknowledgement.)

2. The certificate for a proof of execution by a subscribing witness,
within this state, of a conveyance or other instrument made by any
person in respect to real property situate in this state, must conform
substantially with the following form, the blanks being properly filled:
State of New York }ss.:
County of ........}
On the ....... day of ...... in the year .... before me, the
undersigned, personally appeared ......, the subscribing witness to the
foregoing instrument, with whom I am personally acquainted, who, being
by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she/they reside(s) in
.......(if the place of residence is in a city, include the street and
street number, if any, thereof); that he/she/they know(s)...........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/their name(s) as a witness thereto.

(Signature and office of individual taking proof.)

3. A certificate of an acknowledgement or proof taken under section
three hundred of this article shall include the additional information
required by that section.

4. For the purposes of this section, the term "person" means any
corporation, joint stock company, estate, general partnership (including
any registered limited liability partnership or foreign limited
liability partnership), limited liability company (including a
professional service limited liability company), foreign limited
liability company (including a foreign professional service limited
liability company), joint venture, limited partnership, natural person,
attorney in fact, real estate investment trust, business trust or other
trust, custodian, nominee or any other individual or entity in its own
or any representative capacity.