§ 22-130 Seal; description; legal effect.
AC § 22-130
a. The commissioner may direct the use of the seal of the department. Such seal shall be a device of the arms of the city of New York surrounded by the words, "Department of Ports and Trade. The City of New York," engraved upon a metal disc two and one-quarter inches in diameter, and the same may be renewed whenever necessary. An impression of such seal made directly on paper shall be as valid as if made on a wafer or on wax. b. Every lease, contract or other instrument, executed in pursuance of authority conferred on such commissioner by law, and sealed with such seal, attested and proved according to law by the secretary appointed by such commissioner, shall be received in evidence, and may be recorded in the proper recording offices in the same manner and with the like effect as if sealed with the seal of the corporation of the city of New York, attested and approved by the clerk thereof. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1989/014.
