2006 New York Code - When Service Of Process Complete

 
  § 309. When service of process complete
    1.  Service  by  personal delivery. The service of process is complete
  immediately upon personal delivery to the respondent when service is  so
  made.
    2.  Service  by  other  means. Unless the court directs otherwise, the
  service of the process shall be complete when served by:
    (a) mailing or by registered or certified mail, with or without return
  receipt requested, upon the mailing thereof;
    (b) special mail service, upon receipt of the envelope containing  the
  process  by the United States Postal Service in the case of express mail
  or upon receipt of the envelope containing the process by the designated
  delivery service in the case of any other special mail service;
    (c) substituted service, upon the delivery or affixing and the mailing
  thereof, whichever is done last;
    (d) personal delivery to a person duly designated by  the  respondent,
  or  to a person or consular official designated by the court by order to
  be served in respondent's behalf, upon such personal delivery;
    (e) publication, on the 28th day after the first publication; or
    (f) any other means, as the court directs.
    3. Service upon an infant. Where service of  process  upon  an  infant
  pursuant  to  subdivision 4 of section 307 does not require service upon
  the infant because the infant is under the age of 14 years and does  not
  require  service  upon  one  of the other persons listed therein because
  such other person is the petitioner, service of process upon such infant
  shall be deemed complete upon the filing of the petition.