N.Y. Debtor & Creditor Law § 66: How order published and served

§ 66. How order published and served. The order must be published and

served in the following manner:

1. The petitioner must cause a copy thereof to be published in a

newspaper, designated in the order, published in the county; and also,

if one-fourth part of the insolvent's debts accrued or are due to

creditors residing in the city of New York, in a newspaper published in

that city, designated in the order. The publication must be made at

least once in each of four weeks, immediately preceding the day in which

cause is to be shown.

2. The petitioner must also serve upon each creditor, residing within

the United States, whose place of residence is known to him, a copy of

the order to show cause, either personally, at least twenty days before

the day when cause is to be shown, or by depositing it, at least forty

days before that day, in the post-office, inclosed in a post-paid

wrapper, addressed to the creditor at his usual place of residence.

Where the state is a creditor of the petitioner, a copy of the order

must be served upon the attorney-general, who must represent the state

in the subsequent proceedings.