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N.Y. GAS Law § 19

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Service of process

Official statutory text

§ 19. Service of process. Service of process against an association\nupon the secretary of state shall be made in the manner provided by\nsubdivision one or two of this section. Either option of service\nauthorized pursuant to this section shall be available at no extra cost\nto the consumer. (1) Personally delivering to and leaving with him or\nher or with a person authorized by the secretary of state to receive\nsuch service, duplicate copies of such process at the office of the\ndepartment of state in the city of Albany. At the time of such service\nthe plaintiff shall pay a fee of forty dollars to the secretary of state\nwhich shall be a taxable disbursement. The secretary of state shall\npromptly send by certified mail one of such copies to the association at\nthe address fixed for that purpose, as herein provided. (2)\nElectronically submitting a copy of the process to the department of\nstate together with the statutory fee, which fee shall be a taxable\ndisbursement, through an electronic system operated by the department of\nstate, provided the association has an email address on file in the\ndepartment of state to which the secretary of state shall email a notice\nof the fact that process has been served electronically on the secretary\nof state. Service of process on such association shall be complete when\nthe secretary of state has reviewed and accepted service of such\nprocess. The secretary of state shall promptly send a notice of the fact\nthat process against such association has been served electronically\nupon him or her, to such association at the email address on file in the\ndepartment of state, specified for the purpose and shall make a copy of\nthe process available to such association. If the action or proceeding\nis instituted in a court of limited jurisdiction, service of process may\nbe made in the manner provided in this section if the cause of action\narose within the territorial jurisdiction of the court and the office of\nthe defendant, as set forth in its statement filed pursuant to section\neighteen of this chapter, is within such territorial jurisdiction.\n

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