New York General Construction Law Section 11 - Acknowledgment or proof of instrument.

11.  Acknowledgment or proof of instrument. When the execution of any
  instrument  or  writing  is  authorized  or  required  by  law   to   be
  acknowledged,  or  to  be  proven  so  as  to  entitle it to be filed or
  recorded in a public office, the acknowledgment  may  be  taken  or  the
  proof  made  before  any  officer  then and there authorized to take the
  acknowledgment or proof of the execution of a deed of real  property  to
  entitle  it to be recorded in a county clerk's office, and shall be made
  and certified in the same manner as such acknowledgment or proof of such
  deed.

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