N.Y. General Business Law § 89-bb: Definitions

§ 89-bb. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:

1. A "process server" is a person, other than an attorney or a party

to an action acting on his own behalf, who: (a) derives income from the

service of papers in an action; or (b) has effected service of process

in five or more actions or proceedings in the twelve month period

immediately preceding the service in question. A person who serves

interlocutory papers upon an attorney or who serves papers on behalf of

a federal, state or local governmental agency in the course of his

employment by such agency shall not be deemed a process server within

the meaning of this article by virtue of such service.

2. A "process serving agency" is any person, firm, partnership,

association or corporation, other than an attorney or a law firm located

in this state, who, as owner, manager or contractor, maintains an

office, bureau or agency for the purpose of assigning or distributing

process to individual process servers for actual service.