# New York Notary Public Search - Commissioned Notaries (`pink_comic/new-york-notary-public-search`) Actor

Search 224k commissioned New York State notaries public from the Department of State file (updated daily). Get notary name, commission number, county, traditional or electronic commission type and term issue and expiration dates. Filter by county, type or date.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pink_comic/new-york-notary-public-search.md
- **Developed by:** [Ava Torres](https://apify.com/pink_comic) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Agents
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## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 notary results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## New York Notary Public Search - Commissioned Notaries

Search **commissioned New York State notaries public** from the Department of State's official file on data.ny.gov (about 224,000 notaries, refreshed daily), including **electronic (remote online) notaries**.

Each result includes:

- notary name and **commission number**
- county of commission
- commission type (**traditional or electronic**)
- term issue and **expiration dates**

Results are newest term first. No API key, no CAPTCHA. Pricing: **$0.002 per notary + $0.0001 start**.

```json
{ "counties": ["Kings", "Queens"], "commissionTypes": ["Electronic"], "maxResults": 300 }
```

```json
{ "names": ["garcia"], "counties": ["Bronx"] }
```

### Use cases

Verifying a notary's commission before closing or signing; finding remote online notaries by county; leads for notary supplies, E\&O insurance, signing-agent networks, title and mortgage companies; renewal outreach before terms expire.

### Limits

Point-in-time public data from NY DOS. It has no address, phone or email. Names are matched as substrings.

### Related

- [New York Real Estate Agent & Broker Search](https://apify.com/pink_comic/new-york-real-estate-agent-search)
- [New York Real Estate Appraiser Search](https://apify.com/pink_comic/new-york-real-estate-appraiser-search)

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Quick single notary name search (contains match). Leave blank for the newest commissions.

## `names` (type: `array`):

Notary names, contains match, case-insensitive.

## `issuedAfter` (type: `string`):

Optional YYYY-MM-DD. Use a recent date for newly commissioned or renewed notaries.

## `counties` (type: `array`):

County of commission, e.g. 'Kings', 'Queens', 'New York', 'Nassau', 'Suffolk', 'Westchester', 'Erie'.

## `commissionTypes` (type: `array`):

'Traditional' or 'Electronic' (remote online notaries).

## `commissionNumbers` (type: `array`):

Exact commission numbers, e.g. '01LI0027642'.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum total paid dataset items, split across search terms. The default returns 10 notaries (about $0.0201 including the start event).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "",
  "names": [],
  "issuedAfter": "",
  "counties": [],
  "commissionTypes": [],
  "commissionNumbers": [],
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset items.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "query": "",
    "names": [],
    "issuedAfter": "",
    "counties": [],
    "commissionTypes": [],
    "commissionNumbers": [],
    "maxResults": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/new-york-notary-public-search").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "query": "",
    "names": [],
    "issuedAfter": "",
    "counties": [],
    "commissionTypes": [],
    "commissionNumbers": [],
    "maxResults": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_comic/new-york-notary-public-search").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "",
  "names": [],
  "issuedAfter": "",
  "counties": [],
  "commissionTypes": [],
  "commissionNumbers": [],
  "maxResults": 10
}' |
apify call pink_comic/new-york-notary-public-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pink_comic/new-york-notary-public-search"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/FoxphS4yBsrTcWDSx/builds/TfsEEXCdxzmVfSIev/openapi.json