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NY CPLR § 303 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 3 - Jurisdiction and Service, Appearance and Choice of Court 303 - Designation of Attorney as Agent for Service.

§ 303. Designation of attorney as agent for service.  The commencement   of  an  action  in  the  state  by  a  person  not  subject  to personal   jurisdiction is a designation by him of his attorney  appearing  in  the   action  or  of  the clerk of the court if no attorney appears, as agent,   during the pendency of the action, for service of a summons pursuant  to   section 308,in any separate action in which such a person is a defendant   and  another  party to the action is a plaintiff if such separate action   would have been permitted as a counterclaim had the action been  brought   in the supreme court.
NY CPLR § 304 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 3 - Jurisdiction and Service, Appearance and Choice of Court 304 - Method of Commencing Action or Special Proceeding.

§  304.  Method  of  commencing  action  or special proceeding. (a) An action is commenced by filing a summons and complaint  or  summons  with notice in accordance with rule twenty-one hundred two of this chapter. A special  proceeding is commenced by filing a petition in accordance with rule twenty-one hundred two of this chapter. Where a  court  finds  that circumstances   prevent  immediate  filing,  the  signing  of  an  order requiring the subsequent filing at a specific time and  date  not  later than five days thereafter shall commence the action.  (b)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law, such filing may be accomplished by facsimile transmission or electronic means,  as  defined in  subdivision  (f)  of  rule twenty-one hundred three of this chapter, where and in the manner authorized by the  chief  administrator  of  the courts by rule.  (c)  For  purposes  of  this  section, and for purposes of section two hundred three of this chapter and section three hundred  six-a  of  this article,  filing  shall  mean  the  delivery of the summons with notice, summons and complaint or petition to the  clerk  of  the  court  in  the county in which the action or special proceeding is brought or any other person  designated  by  the  clerk of the court for that purpose. At the time of filing, the filed papers shall be date stamped by the  clerk  of the  court  who shall file them and maintain a record of the date of the filing and who shall return forthwith a date stamped copy, together with an index number,  to  the  filing  party,  except  where  filing  is  by electronic  means.  Such  filing  shall  not  be accepted unless any fee required as specified in section eight thousand eighteen of this chapter has been paid. Where filing is by electronic  means,  any  fee  required shall   be  paid  in  the  time  and  manner  authorized  by  the  chief administrator of the court by rule.  (d) Where filing is by facsimile transmission, the clerk of the  court need  only  return  a  date stamped copy of the first page of the papers initiating the lawsuit, together with the index number.  (e)  Where  filing  is  by  electronic  means,  the  clerk  shall,  in accordance  with rules promulgated by the chief administrator, forthwith notify the filing party of the index number and the  date  and  time  of filing.  (f)  A  confirmation  record  produced by the filing party's facsimile machine or computer and an affidavit of  filing  by  the  filing  party, shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  that  the  filing  party  transmitted documents consistent with the date, time  and  place  appearing  on  the confirmation record.
NY CPLR § 305 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 3 - Jurisdiction and Service, Appearance and Choice of Court R305 - Summons; Supplemental Summons, Amendment.

Rule  305.  Summons;  supplemental  summons,  amendment.  (a) Summons; supplemental summons. A summons shall specify the  basis  of  the  venue designated  and  if  based  upon the residence of the plaintiff it shall specify the plaintiff's address, and also shall bear  the  index  number assigned  and  the  date  of  filing  with  the  clerk  of  the court. A third-party summons shall  also  specify  the  date  of  filing  of  the third-party  summons  with  the  clerk of the court.   The summons in an action arising out of a consumer credit  transaction  shall  prominently display   at   the  top  of  the  summons  the  words  "consumer  credit transaction" and, where a purchaser, borrower or debtor is a  defendant, shall  specify  the  county  of residence of a defendant, if one resides within the state, and the county where the consumer  credit  transaction took  place,  if it is within the state.  Where, upon order of the court or by stipulation of all parties or as  of  right  pursuant  to  section 1003,  a  new  party is joined in the action and the joinder is not made upon the new party's  motion,  a  supplemental  summons  specifying  the pleading  which  the new party must answer shall be filed with the clerk of the court and served upon such party.  (b) Summons and notice.   If the complaint  is  not  served  with  the summons,  the  summons  shall  contain or have attached thereto a notice stating the nature of the action and the relief sought, and,  except  in an  action  for medical malpractice, the sum of money for which judgment may be taken in case of default.  (c) Amendment. At any time, in its discretion and upon such  terms  as it  deems just, the court may allow any summons or proof of service of a summons to be amended, if a substantial right of a  party  against  whom the summons issued is not prejudiced.
NY CPLR § 306 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 3 - Jurisdiction and Service, Appearance and Choice of Court R306 - Proof of Service.

Rule  306.  Proof  of service. (a) Generally.   Proof of service shall specify the papers served, the person who was served and the date, time, address, or, in the event there is  no  address,  place  and  manner  of service,  and  set  forth  facts showing that the service was made by an authorized person and in an authorized manner.  (b) Personal service.  Whenever  service  is  made  pursuant  to  this article  by  delivery  of the summons to an individual, proof of service shall also include, in addition to any other requirement, a  description of  the  person  to whom it was so delivered, including, but not limited to, sex, color of skin, hair color, approximate age, approximate  weight and height, and other identifying features.  (c)  Other service. Where service is made pursuant to subdivision four of section three hundred eight of this chapter, proof of  service  shall also  specify  the  dates,  addresses and the times of attempted service pursuant to subdivisions one, two or three of such section.  (d) Form. Proof of service shall be in the form of  a  certificate  if the  service is made by a sheriff or other authorized public officer, in the form of an affidavit if made by any other person, or in the form  of a  signed  acknowledgement  of  receipt  of  a summons and complaint, or summons and notice or notice of petition  as  provided  for  in  section 312-a of this article.  (e) Admission of service. A writing admitting service by the person to be served is adequate proof of service.
NY CPLR § 306-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 3 - Jurisdiction and Service, Appearance and Choice of Court 306-A - Index Number in an Action or Proceeding Commenced in Supreme or County Court.

§  306-a. Index number in an action or proceeding commenced in supreme or county court. (a) Upon filing the summons and complaint, summons with notice or petition in an action or proceeding commenced  in  supreme  or county  court  with  the  clerk  of the county, an index number shall be assigned and the fee  required  by  subdivision  (a)  of  section  eight thousand  eighteen  of  this chapter shall be paid. Upon the filing of a summons and complaint against a person not already a party, as permitted under section one thousand seven or rule one  thousand  eleven  of  this chapter,  the  fee required by subdivision (a) of section eight thousand eighteen of this chapter shall be paid,  but  a  separate  index  number shall not be assigned.  (b)  If a person other than the plaintiff or third-party plaintiff who served the summons or third-party summons obtains the index  number  and pays  the  fee  therefor,  the  clerk shall issue an order directing the plaintiff or the third-party plaintiff to pay such person the amount  of the  fee  paid. If such fee is not paid within thirty days of service of the order with notice of entry, the person who paid the fee, in addition to any other remedies available at law, may apply to the  clerk  for  an order dismissing the action without prejudice.
NY CPLR § 306-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 3 - Jurisdiction and Service, Appearance and Choice of Court 306-B - Service of the Summons and Complaint, Summons With Notice, Third-Party Summons and Complaint, or Petition With a Notice of Petition or Order to Show Cause.

§  306-b.  Service  of the summons and complaint, summons with notice,   third-party summons and complaint, or petition with a notice of petition   or order to show cause. Service of the summons  and  complaint,  summons   with  notice,  third-party  summons  and  complaint,  or petition with a   notice of petition or order to show  cause  shall  be  made  within  one   hundred  twenty days after the commencement of the action or proceeding,   provided that in an action or proceeding, except a proceeding  commenced   under  the  election law, where the applicable statute of limitations is   four months or less, service shall be made not later than  fifteen  days   after  the  date on which the applicable statute of limitations expires.   If service is not made upon a defendant within the time provided in this   section, the court,  upon  motion,  shall  dismiss  the  action  without   prejudice  as  to  that  defendant,  or  upon good cause shown or in the   interest of justice, extend the time for service.
NY CPLR § 306-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 3 - Jurisdiction and Service, Appearance and Choice of Court 306-C - Notice of Commencement of Action for Personal Injuries by Recipient of Medical Assistance.

§  306-c.  Notice  of  commencement of action for personal injuries by   recipient of medical assistance. In the case of an  individual  who  has   suffered  personal injuries and has received medical assistance pursuant   to titles eleven and eleven-D of article five of the social services law   on or after the date of such injury, notice of the  commencement  of  an   action  by  or  on  behalf of such individual for such personal injuries   shall be sent to the social services district in  the  county  in  which   such  recipient  resides,  or  to the department of health, by certified   mail,  return  receipt  requested,  or  electronically  in  accord  with   regulations promulgated by the commissioner of the department of health,   within  sixty days of the completion of service upon all parties to such   action. Proof of sending such notice shall be filed with  the  court  in   accordance  with  rule  three  hundred six of this article. Sending such   notice shall not  be  a  jurisdictional  requirement  to  commencing  an   action.
NY CPLR § 307 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 3 - Jurisdiction and Service, Appearance and Choice of Court 307 - Personal Service Upon the State.

§  307. Personal service upon the state.  1. Personal service upon the   state  shall  be  made  by  delivering  the  summons  to  an   assistant   attorney-general  at  an  office  of  the  attorney-general  or  to  the   attorney-general within the state.2. Personal service on a state officer  sued  solely  in  an  official   capacity  or  state  agency,  which shall be required to obtain personal   jurisdiction over such an officer  or  agency,  shall  be  made  by  (1)   delivering the summons to such officer or to the chief executive officer   of such agency or to a person designated by such chief executive officer   to  receive  service,  or  (2) by mailing the summons by certified mail,   return receipt requested, to such officer  or  to  the  chief  executive   officer  of  such  agency, and by personal service upon the state in the   manner provided by subdivision one of this section. Service by certified   mail shall not be complete until the summons is received in a  principal   office  of  the  agency and until personal service upon the state in the   manner provided by subdivision one of this  section  is  completed.  For   purposes  of this subdivision, the term "principal office of the agency"   shall mean the location at which  the  office  of  the  chief  executive   officer  of  the  agency is generally located. Service by certified mail   shall not be effective unless the front of the envelope bears the legend   "URGENT LEGAL MAIL" in capital letters. The chief executive  officer  of   every  such  agency  shall designate at least one person, in addition to   himself or herself, to accept personal service on behalf of the  agency.   For  purposes  of this subdivision the term state agency shall be deemed   to refer to any agency, board, bureau, commission, division, tribunal or   other entity which constitutes the state for purposes of  service  under   subdivision one of this section.
NY CPLR § 309 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 3 - Jurisdiction and Service, Appearance and Choice of Court 309 - Personal Service Upon an Infant, Incompetent or Conservatee.

§  309.  Personal  service upon an infant, incompetent or conservatee. (a) Upon an infant. Personal service upon an infant  shall  be  made  by personally  serving  the  summons  within the state upon a parent or any guardian or any person  having  legal  custody  or,  if  the  infant  is married,  upon an adult spouse with whom the infant resides, or, if none are within the state, upon any other person with whom he resides, or  by whom  he  is  employed. If the infant is of the age of fourteen years or over, the summons shall also be personally served upon  him  within  the state.  (b)  Upon  a  person  judicially  declared to be incompetent. Personal service upon a person judicially declared to be  incompetent  to  manage his affairs and for whom a committee has been appointed shall be made by personally  serving  the summons within the state upon the committee and upon the incompetent, but the court may dispense with service  upon  the incompetent.  (c)  Upon  a  conservatee.  Personal  service  on  a person for whom a conservator has been appointed shall be made by personally  serving  the summons  within the state upon the conservator and upon the conservatee, but the court may dispense with service upon the conservatee.
NY CPLR § 310 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 3 - Jurisdiction and Service, Appearance and Choice of Court 310 - Personal Service Upon a Partnership.

§ 310. Personal service upon a partnership.  (a) Personal service upon persons conducting a business as a partnership may be made by personally serving the summons upon any one of them.  (b) Personal service upon said partnership may also be made within the state  by delivering the summons to the managing or general agent of the partnership or the person in charge of the  office  of  the  partnership within the state at such office and by either mailing the summons to the partner  thereof  intended  to be served by first class mail to his last known residence or to the place of business of the partnership. Proof of such service shall be filed within twenty days with  the  clerk  of  the court  designated  in  the  summons;  service shall be complete ten days after such filing; proof of service shall identify the  person  to  whom the  summons  was so delivered and state the date, time of day and place of service.  (c) Where service under subdivisions  (a)  and  (b)  of  this  section cannot  be made with due diligence, it may be made by affixing a copy of the summons to  the  door  of  the  actual  place  of  business  of  the partnership  within the state and by either mailing the summons by first class mail to the partner intended to be so served to such person to his last known residence or to said person at the office of said partnership within the state. Proof of such service shall  be  filed  within  twenty days  thereafter  with the clerk of the court designated in the summons; service shall be complete ten days after filing.  (d)  Personal  service  on  such  partnership  may  also  be  made  by delivering the summons to any other agent or employee of the partnership authorized  by  appointment  to  receive service; or to any other person designated by the partnership to receive process in  writing,  filed  in the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the  county wherein such partnership is located.  (e) If service is impracticable under subdivisions (a), (b) and (c) of this section, it may be made in such manner as the  court,  upon  motion without notice directs.
NY CPLR § 310-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 3 - Jurisdiction and Service, Appearance and Choice of Court 310-A - Personal Service Upon a Limited Partnership.

§  310-a.  Personal  service  upon a limited partnership. (a) Personal service upon any domestic or foreign limited partnership shall  be  made by  delivering  a  copy  personally  to any managing or general agent or general partner of the limited partnership in this state, to  any  other agent  or  employee of the limited partnership authorized by appointment to receive service or to any other  person  designated  by  the  limited partnership  to  receive  process,  in  the  manner  provided by law for service of summons, as  if  such  person  was  the  defendant.  Personal service  upon a limited partnership subject to the provisions of article eight-A of the partnership law may also  be  made  pursuant  to  section 121-109 of such law.  (b) If service is impracticable under subdivision (a) of this section, it  may be made in such manner as the court, upon motion without notice, directs.  (c) A limited liability partnership may also  be  served  pursuant  to section 121-1505 of the partnership law.
NY CPLR § 311 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 3 - Jurisdiction and Service, Appearance and Choice of Court 311 - Personal Service Upon a Corporation or Governmental Subdivision.

§   311.     Personal  service  upon  a  corporation  or  governmental subdivision. (a) Personal service upon  a  corporation  or  governmental subdivision shall be made by delivering the summons as follows:   1.  upon any domestic or foreign corporation, to an officer, director, managing or general agent, or cashier or assistant  cashier  or  to  any other  agent  authorized by appointment or by law to receive service.  A business corporation may  also  be  served  pursuant  to  section  three hundred  six  or  three hundred seven of the business corporation law. A not-for-profit corporation may also be served pursuant to section  three hundred  six  or  three  hundred seven of the not-for-profit corporation law;   2. upon the city of New York, to the corporation  counsel  or  to  any person designated to receive process in a writing filed in the office of the clerk of New York county;   3.  upon any other city, to the mayor, comptroller, treasurer, counsel or  clerk; or, if the city lacks such officers, to an officer performing a corresponding function under another name;   4.  upon a county, to the chair or clerk of the board of  supervisors, clerk, attorney or treasurer;   5.  upon a town, to the supervisor or the clerk;   6.  upon a village, to the mayor, clerk, or any trustee;   7.    upon  a  school district, to a school officer, as defined in the education law; and   8.  upon a park, sewage or other district, to the clerk,  any  trustee or any member of the board.  (b)  If  service upon a domestic or foreign corporation within the one hundred twenty days allowed by  section  three  hundred  six-b  of  this article  is impracticable under paragraph one of subdivision (a) of this section or any other law, service upon the corporation may  be  made  in such manner, and proof of service may take such form, as the court, upon motion without notice, directs.
NY CPLR § 311-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 3 - Jurisdiction and Service, Appearance and Choice of Court 311-A - Personal Service on Limited Liability Companies.

§  311-a. Personal service on limited liability companies. (a) Service of process on any domestic or foreign limited liability company shall be made by delivering a copy personally to (i) any member  of  the  limited liability  company  in  this  state,  if  the  management of the limited liability company is vested in its members,  (ii)  any  manager  of  the limited  liability  company  in  this  state,  if  the management of the limited liability company is vested in one or more  managers,  (iii)  to any other agent authorized by appointment to receive process, or (iv) to any  other person designated by the limited liability company to receive process, in the manner provided by law for service of a  summons  as  if such person was a defendant. Service of process upon a limited liability company  may  also  be  made  pursuant  to  article three of the limited liability company law.  (b) If service is impracticable under subdivision (a) of this section, it may be made in such manner as the court, upon motion without  notice, directs.
NY CPLR § 312 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 3 - Jurisdiction and Service, Appearance and Choice of Court 312 - Personal Service Upon a Court, Board or Commission.

§  312.  Personal  service upon a court, board or commission. Personal   service upon a court consisting of three or more judges may be  made  by   delivering the summons to any one of them. Personal service upon a board   or commission having a chairman or other presiding officer, secretary or   clerk,  by  whatever  official  title  he  is  called,  may  be  made by   delivering the  summons  to  him.  Personal  service  upon  a  board  or   commission  of  a  town  or  village  may also be made by delivering the   summons to the clerk of the town or village. Personal service  upon  any   other board or commission shall be made by delivering the summons to any   one of the members.
NY CPLR § 313 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 3 - Jurisdiction and Service, Appearance and Choice of Court 313 - Service Without the State Giving Personal Jurisdiction.

§  313.  Service  without  the state giving personal jurisdiction.   A   person domiciled in the state or subject  to  the  jurisdiction  of  the   courts  of  the  state  under  section  301  or  302, or his executor or   administrator, may be served with the summons without the state, in  the   same  manner  as  service  is  made  within  the  state,  by  any person   authorized to make service within the state who is  a  resident  of  the   state  or  by  any  person authorized to make service by the laws of the   state, territory, possession or country in which service is made  or  by   any duly qualified attorney, solicitor, barrister, or equivalent in such   jurisdiction.