Bronx CountySeat: Bronx
Bronx County clerks see a lot of first-time commissions. The class is New York–specific so the walk-in in the Bronx is not a foreign language.
All 62 counties
The New York notary exam does not change at the county line.
A commission printed with “Queens” still works in Erie. The $15 test is the same booklet in Plattsburgh and on Staten Island. The NYS Notary Association class is a recording for that reason: you do not need a hotel date in your county. You need New York’s License Law.
After you pass, the county on the commission is the county of qualification. Authority to act is statewide. Remote online notarization still requires you to sit at a computer inside New York.
New York City
Kings CountySeat: Brooklyn
Brooklyn testers fill New York City sittings. The class uses spoken English, analogies, and replay — which is why ESL students in Kings County stay with it.
New York CountySeat: Manhattan
Manhattan sittings, midtown offices, and legislators who hold notary as an additional public office all sit the same 40 items. The class is built for that room.
Queens CountySeat: Queens
Queens is where a lot of ESL students use pause and replay until the statute’s wording matches the exam’s wording. That is why this class is a recording.
Richmond CountySeat: Staten Island
Staten Island testers take the ferry or the Verrazzano and sit New York City dates. The commission that follows works in every county, not only Richmond.
Long Island
Nassau CountySeat: Mineola
Mineola, Hempstead, and the north shore send a steady stream of first-time notaries. Long Island traffic is why the class is a recording, not a Saturday in a hotel.
Suffolk CountySeat: Riverhead
From Huntington to Montauk the exam is New York’s. Suffolk traffic and hospital-shift schedules are why students watch on a phone at 5 a.m.
Hudson Valley
Columbia CountySeat: Hudson
Hudson and Chatham title work still needs a New York venue and a statement of authority. The exam asks those things by name.
Dutchess CountySeat: Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie, Beacon, and the east-bank towns sit posted Department of State dates. Students from this county regularly finish the hour in under twenty minutes.
Greene CountySeat: Catskill
Catskill and Coxsackie packets still need a proper jurat. The exam will ask you to tell a jurat from an acknowledgment.
Orange CountySeat: Goshen
Newburgh, Middletown, and Goshen show up often in student notes — including pass slips about ten days after a Newburgh sitting.
Putnam CountySeat: Carmel
Carmel and Brewster commuters watch on the train to the city, then sit a posted date in the Hudson Valley. Pause and replay are the point.
Rockland CountySeat: New City
New City, Nyack, and Spring Valley offices need a New York notary, not a New Jersey one. Sitting in New York is a statutory fact, including for remote work later.
Sullivan CountySeat: Monticello
Monticello and the Catskills still use New York certificates. Remote online notarization later does not replace this basic license.
Ulster CountySeat: Kingston
Kingston and New Paltz packets need a notary who can complete an acknowledgment without inventing a certificate. The exam punishes invention.
Westchester CountySeat: White Plains
White Plains, Yonkers, and the north-county towns used to fill live hotel classes. The recording is that class, without the ballroom.
Capital District
Albany CountySeat: Albany
The License Law is written in Albany. Capital District testers sit the same 40 questions as Brooklyn — the $77 recording covers that book, not a national outline.
Rensselaer CountySeat: Troy
Troy and East Greenbush sit a short ride from Albany and still fail when they study a 50-state video. Study New York’s book.
Saratoga CountySeat: Ballston Spa
Saratoga Springs title work does not slow down for a hotel class. The $77 recording is how people on a closing calendar still get commissioned.
Schenectady CountySeat: Schenectady
Schenectady County clerks authenticate; they do not teach the exam. The association class is the preparation. The clerk is the next office after you pass.
Warren CountySeat: Lake George
Glens Falls and Lake George testers file like every other county. Seasonal work is a reason to use self-paced video, not a reason to walk in cold.
Washington CountySeat: Fort Edward
Fort Edward and Hudson Falls sit east of the river and still use New York’s $2 paper fee and $25 electronic fee. Know which commission you hold.
North Country
Clinton CountySeat: Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh to the Canadian line is still New York law. The class does not care that the nearest live seminar used to be hours away.
Essex CountySeat: Elizabethtown
Adirondack distance used to mean a hotel overnight. The recording removes that. Elizabethtown still files through NY Business Express like everyone else.
Franklin CountySeat: Malone
Malone and Saranac Lake testers use the same $15 exam fee and the same 70 percent cut. Geography is not a scoring curve.
Hamilton CountySeat: Lake Pleasant
The least-populous county still uses New York’s License Law. There is no “small county” version of the test.
Jefferson CountySeat: Watertown
Watertown and Fort Drum households use the statewide exam. Military spouses who keep a New York office or residence still qualify under the statute.
Lewis CountySeat: Lowville
Lowville does not get a local outline. It gets the New York booklet. Watch, quiz, sit, file the $60 commission.
St. Lawrence CountySeat: Canton
Canton, Potsdam, and Ogdensburg are far from a typical hotel seminar. That distance is the reason the live class was recorded.
Mohawk Valley
Fulton CountySeat: Johnstown
Johnstown and Gloversville offices that need a notary on staff can finish the class between closings and sit when DOS posts a date.
Herkimer CountySeat: Herkimer
Mohawk Valley banks send staff because a failed $15 exam is cheaper than a failed closer. The class exists for that math.
Montgomery CountySeat: Fonda
Amsterdam and Fonda clerks need a notary who can complete a venue. The exam still asks it. The class still teaches it.
Oneida CountySeat: Utica
Utica and Rome offices that already handle documents take the class because the License Law is its own dialect. Fifteen minutes on exam day is common after the quizzes.
Otsego CountySeat: Cooperstown
Cooperstown and Oneonta packets move on New York certificates. Venue, jurat, statement of authority — those are the items.
Schoharie CountySeat: Schoharie
A small county is not a small exam. Forty questions, 70 percent, $15, then $60 to file — same as Manhattan.
Central New York
Cortland CountySeat: Cortland
A college town is not an exemption. Cortland testers study the License Law the way the Department of State writes the items.
Madison CountySeat: Wampsville
Oneida and Hamilton College towns still file as Madison County notaries. The county on the commission is qualification, not a fence.
Onondaga CountySeat: Syracuse
Syracuse sittings fill with people who tried a PDF. The association class is the spoken version of the booklet the Department of State actually uses.
Oswego CountySeat: Oswego
Lake Ontario towns still qualify in a New York county and work statewide after the commission lands. The class does not change for the shoreline.
Finger Lakes
Cayuga CountySeat: Auburn
Auburn and the lake towns sit a New York exam, not a Finger Lakes exam. Fees, venue, and official character are statewide rules.
Genesee CountySeat: Batavia
Batavia sits between Rochester and Buffalo and takes the same 40 questions as both. The class is written for that book.
Livingston CountySeat: Geneseo
Geneseo and Mount Morris title shops need people who can pick the almost-right answer off the exam. That is what the quizzes train.
Monroe CountySeat: Rochester
Rochester sittings are posted by DOS. Monroe County students who treat this as a national notary video fail; the ones who study New York’s fees and Sunday rules pass.
Ontario CountySeat: Canandaigua
Canandaigua and Geneva real-estate traffic needs a notary who will not guess at acknowledgments. The exam does not reward guessing.
Orleans CountySeat: Albion
Albion testers drive to posted sites and sit the statewide exam. There is no Orleans booklet. There is the License Law.
Schuyler CountySeat: Watkins Glen
Watkins Glen testers study the same misconduct ladder and fee schedule as everyone else. Tourism season is not an excuse the exam accepts.
Seneca CountySeat: Waterloo
Waterloo and Seneca Falls sit the statewide test. The class is five hours of New York, not a distilled national notary overview.
Wayne CountySeat: Lyons
Lyons and Newark testers are an hour from Rochester sittings and the same 40 questions. The class does not change at the county line.
Yates CountySeat: Penn Yan
Penn Yan testers study the statewide booklet and file the $60 commission through NY Business Express. The lake is not a jurisdiction.
Southern Tier
Broome CountySeat: Binghamton
Binghamton and Endicott offices send staff because self-study fails most first sits. The association class is the same material Mike taught live on the Southern Tier.
Chemung CountySeat: Elmira
Elmira sittings use the same booklet as Manhattan. Replay the quizzes until the almost-right answers stop looking right.
Chenango CountySeat: Norwich
Norwich and Greene do not get a different test. They get New York’s 40 questions. That is what the $77 class teaches.
Delaware CountySeat: Delhi
Catskill-side offices in Delhi and Sidney take the statewide test. Self-paced video is how you stop waiting for a hotel date in Oneonta.
Steuben CountySeat: Bath
Corning and Bath offices that already handle documents still miss Sunday rules and protest questions. Those items remain on the exam.
Tioga CountySeat: Owego
Owego sits on the Pennsylvania line and still takes a New York exam. Do not study Pennsylvania’s book.
Tompkins CountySeat: Ithaca
Ithaca students who are used to academic tests still fail when they skip the License Law’s wording. The quizzes exist to stop that.
Western New York
Allegany CountySeat: Belmont
Southern-tier towns from Wellsville to Cuba use the statewide exam. Watch the class between shifts; drive to the posted sitting when you are ready.
Cattaraugus CountySeat: Little Valley
Olean and Salamanca testers do not need a hotel seminar in Buffalo. The five-hour recording is built for people who cannot lose a Saturday to parking.
Chautauqua CountySeat: Mayville
Jamestown and Dunkirk are as far west as the commission reaches — and the commission still covers the whole state once you file.
Erie CountySeat: Buffalo
Buffalo and Cheektowaga second-shift workers watch on the commute. The exam in Erie County is still the New York booklet, not a western-state class.
Niagara CountySeat: Lockport
Niagara Falls and Lockport testers are still New York notaries, not Canadian ones. Stay on the New York side of the law — and of the remote-session chair.
Wyoming CountySeat: Warsaw
Warsaw and Perry do not get a rural exemption. They get New York’s misconduct questions, fee questions, and venue questions.
Ready in any of these counties? The $77 NY notary class is the same recording.
NYS Notary Association · Est. 2001
The exam is 40 questions. The delay is usually studying.
Start tonight. Sit when the Department of State has a seat. Order the stamp after the pass slip.