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- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Notice of committee consideration - requested
- Referred to finance
- Print number 1600a
- Amend (t) and recommit to finance
- Referred to finance
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Increases the fees notaries public are entitled to from two to five dollars
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Operations · Sponsor Joan Millman
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S1600A
Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to increasing the fees certain notaries public shall be entitled to
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of the bill is to increase the fee that can be charged by a notary public for the performance of a service.
Summary of specific provisions
Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 136 of the executive law as amended by Chapter 143 of tile laws of 1991.
Justification
Public notaries are licensed professionals who are registered with the Department of State (DOS). Notaries not only provide an important service by affirming, acknowledging and certifying legal documents, they can also be subpoenaed to provide evidence in court proceedings validating the signatory of those documents in question regardless of the number of years prior the notarization took place.
In 1991, tile state gave authorization to allow notaries to charge $2.00 for a notarization. That same year, DOS charged $20.00 to renew a license plus an additional $10.00 to the county where the notary was qualified. Today, DOS charges $60.00 to renew a license and, in some counties, the additional county fee could be has high as $30.00. However, notaries have not been given that same authorization to increase their fee during that same period.
Over the past year, notaries have been experiencing an increased demand for their services and court appearances; however, the number of licensed notaries has decreased. This is because while the personal and professional cost of being a notary has increased, their fee has not.
This bill increases a notary's fee to five dollars in a city having a population in excess of one million people.
Prior legislative history
2007-08: A.9080/S.4773 2009-10: A.6925/S.3378
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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