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Emergency Order for AV Notarization Ends at Midnight June 24th

Posted By Robert Treuber, Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Updated: Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has just announced at a press briefing that New York State will end the Temporary Disaster Emergency established to respond to the COVID-19 crisis by Executive Order 202 and subsequent Executive Orders, effective tomorrow, June 24^th. This will end the suspensions and modifications of law, and all directives contained in the Executive Orders relating to the State’s Disaster Emergency.

The Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance requiring masks for unvaccinated individuals, and for all individuals on public transportation and certain other settings remains in place. Local Governments may continue to enforce mask rules in these settings.

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NYS Tax Department bulletin on digital signatures

Posted By Robert Treuber, Thursday, April 16, 2020

Bulletin issued by the Department of Taxation and Finance - April 15, 2020

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/NYTAX/bulletins/286aecd

NYS Tax Department issues guidance on the temporary authorization to accept digital signatures

Governor Cuomo has issued an executive order in response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 situation temporarily authorizing the Department of Taxation and Finance (Tax) to accept digital signatures in place of handwritten signatures on documents related to the determination or collection of tax liability.

This notice defines the requirements for Tax’s acceptance of digital signatures and sets forth the types of documents to which digital signatures may be applied.

To view the guidance issued, visit N-20-3, Temporary Authorization to Use Digital Signatures on Certain Documents Due to the Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19.

For additional information, visit Tax Department response to novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

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NY A/V Notarization Explainer

Posted By Robert Treuber, Friday, April 3, 2020
Updated: Thursday, April 9, 2020

The Executive Order 202.7 allows temporary changes to notarization in New York.

There is confusion about this temporary solution (let's call it A/V Notarization) and the commercially available service called Remote Online Notary (RON).

Here is an easy to understand Explainer. Click the link below to download it.