NY Gen Assns L § 19 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GAS - General Associations Article 4 - Certificate of Designation by Associations Doing Business Within This State 19 - Service of Process.

* §  19. Service of process. Service of process against an association   upon the secretary of state shall be made by  personally  delivering  to   and  leaving  with  him  or  a deputy secretary of state or an associate   attorney, senior attorney or attorney in the corporation division of the   department of state, 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.  If  the  cost of   registered mail for transmitting a copy of the process shall exceed  two   dollars,  an  additional  fee  equal to such excess shall be paid at the   time of the service of  such  process.  The  secretary  of  state  shall   forthwith  send by registered mail one of such copies to the association   at the address fixed for that purpose, as herein provided. 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.* NB Effective until January 1, 2023* § 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.* NB Effective January 1, 2023