2014 New York Laws
BNK - Banking
Article 5-B - (221-A - 221-K) LICENSE FOR A FOREIGN BANKING CORPORATION TO MAINTAIN A REPRESENTATIVE
221-C - Application for license; fees.

 221-c.  Application  for  license;  fees.  The  application for such
  license shall be in writing under oath and shall contain the information
  required by and be in the form prescribed by the superintendent. As part
  of the application, the foreign banking corporation  shall  appoint  the
  superintendent  or  his or her successor as agent for service of process
  in connection with any action or proceeding against the foreign  banking
  corporation  relating  to  any  cause of action which may arise out of a
  transaction with its representative office,  with  the  same  force  and
  effect as if it were a domestic corporation and had been lawfully served
  with  process in this state. At the time of making such application, the
  applicant shall pay  to  the  superintendent  an  investigation  fee  as
  prescribed pursuant to section eighteen-a of this chapter.