§ 301 — Acknowledgments and proofs in foreign countries

§ 301. Acknowledgments and proofs in foreign countries. The\nacknowledgment or proof of a conveyance of real property situate in this\nstate may be made in foreign countries before any of the following\nofficers acting within his territorial jurisdiction or within that of\nthe court of which he is an officer: 1. An ambassador, envoy, minister,\ncharge d'affaires, secretary of legation, consul-general, consul,\nvice-consul, consular agent, vice-consular agent, or any other\ndiplomatic or consular agent or representative of the United States,\nappointed or accredited to, and residing within, the country where the\nacknowledgment or proof is taken.\n 2. A judge or other presiding officer of any court having a seal, or\nthe clerk or other certifying officer thereof.\n 3. A mayor or other chief civil officer of any city or other political\nsubdivision.\n 4. A notary public.\n 5. A commissioner of deeds appointed pursuant to the laws of this\nstate to take acknowledgments or proofs without this state.\n 6. A person residing in, or going to, the country where the\nacknowledgment or proof is to be taken, and specially authorized for\nthat purpose by a commission issued to him under the seal of the supreme\ncourt of the state of New York.\n 7. Any person authorized, by the laws of the country where the\nacknowledgment or proof is made, to take acknowledgments of conveyances\nof real estate or to administer oaths in proof of the execution thereof.\n