S10280 • 2025

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

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Sponsor: James Skoufis
Last action: 2026-05-11
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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

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

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

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2026-05-11 Senate
REFERRED TO FINANCE

Official Summary Text

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

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10280

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 11, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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:

     1    Section 1. Section 136 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 143
     2  of the laws of 1991, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 104 of the laws
     3  of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
     4    § 136. Notarial fees. A notary public shall be entitled to the follow-
     5  ing fees:
     6    1. For administering an oath or affirmation, and certifying  the  same
     7  when  required,  except  where another fee is specifically prescribed by
     8  statute, [two] FIVE dollars.
     9    2. For taking and certifying the acknowledgment or proof of  execution
    10  of  a written instrument, by one person, [two] FIVE dollars, and by each
    11  additional person, [two] FIVE dollars, for swearing each witness  there-
    12  to, [two] FIVE dollars.
    13    3.  For  electronic  notarial  services,  established  in  section one
    14  hundred thirty-five-c of this [chapter] ARTICLE, a fee set through regu-
    15  lation by the secretary of state.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07200-01-5