NY Exec L § 173-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7-A - Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes 173-C - Non-Resident Professional Fund Raisers, Fund Raising Counsel, Professional Solicitors and Commercial Co-Venturers; Designation of Secretary of State A

§ 173-c. Non-resident professional fund raisers, fund raising counsel,   professional  solicitors  and  commercial  co-venturers;  designation of   secretary of state as agent for service of process; service of  process.   1.  Any  professional  fund  raiser,  fund raising counsel, professional   solicitor or commercial co-venturer resident or whose principal place of   business is without the state or organized under and by  virtue  of  the   laws of another or foreign state, who or which has been engaged by or on   behalf  of  any  charitable  organization  to  conduct  any fund raising   activities in this state and/or solicit  contributions  from  people  in   this  state  shall be deemed to have irrevocably appointed the secretary   of state as the agent upon whom may be  served  any  summons,  subpoena,   subpoena   duces  tecum,  other  process  or  notice  directed  to  such   professional fund raiser, fund raising counsel, professional  solicitor,   commercial  co-venturer  or any partner, principal, officer, or director   thereof, in any action or proceeding brought by the attorney general  or   any  other  party  under  the  provisions  of  this  section.  Any  such   professional fund raiser, fund raising counsel,  professional  solicitor   or  commercial  co-venturer  may  file  with  the  secretary  of state a   designation, in terms complying herewith, duly acknowledged, irrevocably   appointing the secretary of state as the agent upon whom may  be  served   any  such  process; provided, however, that a designation filed with the   secretary of state pursuant to section three hundred fifty-two-a of  the   general   business   law,   section   thirteen   hundred   four  of  the   not-for-profit corporation law, or section thirteen hundred four of  the   business corporation law shall serve also as such designation.2. Service of such process or notice upon the secretary of state shall   be  made  by  personally delivering to and leaving with the secretary of   state or any person authorized by the secretary of state to accept  such   service  a  copy thereof at the office of the department of state in the   city of Albany, and such service shall be  sufficient  service  provided   that  notice  of  such  service and a copy of such process are forthwith   sent by the attorney general or other party as the case may be  to  such   professional  fund  raiser, fund raising counsel, professional solicitor   or  commercial  co-venturer  by  certified  mail  with  return   receipt   requested,  at  the office address as set forth in the registration form   required to be filed with the attorney general pursuant to sections  one   hundred  seventy-three  and one hundred seventy-three-b of this article,   or in default of the filing of such form, at the last address  known  to   the  attorney  general  or other party. Service of such process shall be   complete ten days after the receipt by the  attorney  general  or  other   party  of a return receipt purporting to be signed by the addressee or a   person  qualified  to  receive  the  addressee's  certified   mail,   in   accordance with the rules and customs of the post office department, or,   if  acceptance was refused by the addressee or the agent, ten days after   the return to the attorney  general  or  other  party  of  the  original   envelope  bearing  a  notation  by  the  postal authorities that receipt   thereof was refused.