§ 73 — Power to administer oaths and take acknowledgments

§ 73. Power to administer oaths and take acknowledgments. The\nattorney-general of the state of New York and all deputies and\nassistants appointed by him pursuant to section sixty-two of the\nexecutive law, who have duly qualified, shall have the power, while\nacting as such, to administer oaths and take affidavits and\nacknowledgments and proofs of written instruments to be read in\nevidence, anywhere within the state of New York, except such instruments\nas now are required by law to be recorded to create constructive notice\nthereof.\n