New York Executive Law Section 135-A - Notary public or commissioner of deeds; acting without appointment; fraud in office.

 135-a. Notary  public  or  commissioner  of  deeds;  acting  without
  appointment; fraud in office. 1. Any person who holds himself out to the
  public as being entitled to act as a notary public  or  commissioner  of
  deeds,  or who assumes, uses or advertises the title of notary public or
  commissioner of deeds, or equivalent terms in any language,  in  such  a
  manner  as  to  convey  the  impression  that  he  is a notary public or
  commissioner of deeds without having  first  been  appointed  as  notary
  public or commissioner of deeds, or
2.  A  notary  public or commissioner of deeds, who in the exercise of
  the powers, or in the performance of the duties  of  such  office  shall
  practice  any fraud or deceit, the punishment for which is not otherwise
  provided for by this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Last modified: February 3, 2019