Each county clerk must designate at least one staff notary to notarize documents for the public during normal business hours free of charge.
The designated staff notary is exempt from the application fee only, but must still pay the examination fee.
The free service is available only to county employees.
County Law §534 eliminates the written examination for all first-time applicants.
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A. Each county clerk must designate at least one staff notary to notarize documents for the public during normal business hours free of charge.
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County Law §534 requires each county clerk to designate at least one staff notary to be available to notarize documents for the public during normal business hours free of charge. The individual appointed under that section is exempt from both the examination fee and the application fee, not just one of them.
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