NY Not for Profit Corp L § 306 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 3 - Corporate Name and Service of Process 306 - Service of Process.

§ 306. Service of process.  (a) Service of process on a registered agent may be made in the manner provided by law for the service of a summons, as if the registered agent was a defendant.   * (b)  Service  of  process  on  the  secretary of state as agent of a domestic corporation formed under article four of  this  chapter  or  an authorized foreign corporation 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 corporation  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 corporation, at the post office address, on file in the department of state,  specified  for the purpose. If a domestic corporation formed under article four of this chapter or an authorized foreign corporation has no such address on file in  the  department  of state, the secretary of state shall so mail such copy to such corporation at the address of its office within this  state on file in the department.   * NB Effective until January 1, 2023   * (b)  Service  of  process  on  the  secretary of state as agent of a domestic corporation formed under article four of  this  chapter  or  an authorized  foreign  corporation shall be made in the manner provided by subparagraph one or two of this paragraph. (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 corporation  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 corporation, at the post office address, on file in the department of state,  specified  for the purpose. If a domestic corporation formed under article four of this chapter or an authorized foreign corporation has no such address on file in  the  department  of state, the secretary of state shall so mail such copy to such corporation at the address of its office within this  state on  file  in the department. (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 corporation 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  corporation  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 corporation has been served electronically  on  him or  her  to  such  corporation  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 corporation.   * NB Effective January 1, 2023  (c)  If  an  action  or special proceeding is instituted in a court of limited jurisdiction, service of process  may  be  made  in  the  manner provided  in  this  section  if  the  office of the domestic corporation  formed under article four of this  chapter  or  foreign  corporation  is within the territorial jurisdiction of the court.  (d) Nothing in this section shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.