NY LLC L § 303 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LLC - Limited Liability Company Law Article 3 - Service of Process 303 - Service of Process on Limited Liability Companies.

§  303.  Service  of  process  on limited liability companies.   * (a) Service of process on the secretary of state  as  agent  of  a  domestic limited  liability  company  or  authorized  foreign  limited  liability company shall be made by personally delivering to and leaving  with  the secretary  of  state or his or her deputy, or with any person authorized by the secretary of state to receive such service, at the office of  the department  of  state  in  the  city of Albany, duplicate copies of such process together with the statutory fee, which fee shall  be  a  taxable disbursement. Service of process on such limited liability company shall be  complete  when the secretary of state is so served. The secretary of state shall promptly send one of such copies by certified  mail,  return receipt  requested, to such limited liability company at the post office address on file in the department of state specified for that purpose.   * NB Effective until January 1, 2023   * (a) Service of process on the secretary  of  state  as  agent  of  a domestic   limited  liability  company  or  authorized  foreign  limited liability company shall be made in the manner provided by paragraph  one or two of this subdivision. Either option of service authorized pursuant to this subdivision shall be available at no extra cost to the consumer. (1)  Personally delivering to and leaving with the secretary of state or his or her deputy, or with any person authorized  by  the  secretary  of state  to receive such service, at the office of the department of state in the city of Albany, duplicate copies of such  process  together  with the statutory fee, which fee shall be a taxable disbursement. Service of process  on  such  limited  liability company shall be complete when the secretary of state is so served. The secretary of state  shall  promptly send  one of such copies by certified mail, return receipt requested, to such limited liability company at the post office address on file in the department of state  specified  for  that  purpose.  (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 domestic or authorized foreign  limited  liability  company 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  limited liability company 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 limited liability company has been served electronically on him  or  her  to  such limited liability company 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 limited liability company.   * NB Effective January 1, 2023  (b)  Nothing  in this section shall limit or affect the right to serve any process required or permitted by law to be  served  upon  a  limited liability  company in any other manner now or hereafter permitted by law or applicable rules of procedure.