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- Jurisdiction
- New York (Governor) · New York
- Level
- State
- Authority
- N.Y. Executive Law sec. 29-a (temporary suspension or modification of statutes during a State disaster emergency)
- Issued
- 2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-19 (notarial directive); March 21, 2020, 8 p.m. (personal-care closures) (read as 2020-03-19)
- End
- 'through April 18, 2020' by its terms; the notarial authorization was continued by successive orders of the EO 202 series until the series was rescinded June 25, 2021 (EO 210; NY-054) (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 19, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCourts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- notaries public
- persons seeking notarial services
- barbershops, hair salons, tattoo and piercing parlors, nail technicians, cosmetologists, estheticians
- Functions reached
- CL closings and notarized instruments (real estate, lending, corporate)
- OF law, title and lending offices (notarizations by video)
- CB
- SL personal-care closures (other clusters)
- Collection
- State motor-vehicle offices, secretaries of state and recorders AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS
Operative words
Any notarial act that is required under New York State law is authorized to be performed utilizing audio-video technology provided that the following conditions are met: The person seeking the Notary's services, if not personally known to the Notary, must present valid photo ID to the Notary during the video conference, not merely transmit it prior to or after; The video conference must allow for direct interaction between the person and the Notary (e.g. no pre-recorded videos of the person signing); The person must affirmatively represent that he or she is physically situated in the State of New York;... Effective March 21, 2020 at 8 p.m. and until further notice, all barbershops, hair salons, tattoo or piercing parlors and related personal care services will be closed to members of the public.
Enforcement
Executive Law sec. 29-a(3) (orders have the force of law); Executive Law sec. 24(5) and Public Health Law sec. 12 penalties for violations of the closure directives
Notes
The first emergency remote-notarization order in the country; it changed how every New York closing, affidavit and acknowledgment was executed for fifteen months.
Retrieval noteEO 202.8 (Mar. 20, 2020), which cancelled DMV in-person appointments and extended license expirations, is NY-002 in the New York State file; EO 202.108 (May 17, 2021) ended county DMV appointment-only operation (NY-054).