The New York glossary uses “conveyance (deed)” in the broad real-property sense. Real Property Law §290 also defines conveyance expansively to cover written instruments affecting an estate or interest in real property, while excluding certain items such as a will and some short-term lease arrangements.
For a notary, this term matters because many of the acknowledgment and proof rules in the Real Property Law are written specifically around conveyances. That includes the rules on who may take acknowledgments, what must be known or proved about the signer, and how certificates of acknowledgment or proof are structured.
Why it matters: A conveyance is a real-property term. It should not be confused with a bill of sale, which deals with personal property, or with a will, which the statute expressly treats differently.
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