If a person knowingly acts as a notary after removal from office as a commissioner of deeds or notary under Executive Law §140(15), the conduct is treated as:

AI Explanation

Post-removal signing is criminalized in the statute itself. Executive Law §140(15) states that a person removed from office who thereafter signs or executes an instrument as commissioner of deeds or notary public is guilty of a misdemeanor. Unlike forgery or false certificate charges, the offense level here is not a felony grade in the statute.