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2022 New York Laws
GAS - General Associations
Article 4 - Certificate of Designation by Associations Doing Business Within This State
19 - Service of Process.

Universal Citation: NY Gen Assns L § 19 (2022)
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§  19.  Service  of process. Service of process against an association
  upon the secretary of state shall be made  in  the  manner  provided  by
  subdivision  one  or  two  of  this  section.  Either  option of service
  authorized pursuant to this section shall be available at no extra  cost
  to  the  consumer.  (1) Personally delivering to and leaving with him or
  her or with a person authorized by the secretary  of  state  to  receive
  such  service,  duplicate  copies  of  such process at the office of the
  department of state in the city of Albany. At the time of  such  service
  the plaintiff shall pay a fee of forty dollars to the secretary of state
  which  shall  be  a  taxable  disbursement. The secretary of state shall
  promptly send by certified mail one of such copies to the association at
  the  address  fixed  for  that  purpose,   as   herein   provided.   (2)
  Electronically  submitting  a  copy  of the process to the department of
  state together with the statutory fee, which  fee  shall  be  a  taxable
  disbursement, through an electronic system operated by the department of
  state,  provided  the  association  has  an email address on file in the
  department of state to which the secretary of state shall email a notice
  of the fact that process has been served electronically on the secretary
  of state. Service of process on such association shall be complete  when
  the  secretary  of  state  has  reviewed  and  accepted  service of such
  process. The secretary of state shall promptly send a notice of the fact
  that process against such association  has  been  served  electronically
  upon him or her, to such association at the email address on file in the
  department  of state, specified for the purpose and shall make a copy of
  the process available to such association. If the action  or  proceeding
  is instituted in a court of limited jurisdiction, service of process may
  be  made  in  the manner provided in this section if the cause of action
  arose within the territorial jurisdiction of the court and the office of
  the defendant, as set forth in its statement filed pursuant  to  section
  eighteen of this chapter, is within such territorial jurisdiction.

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