N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 81.26: Designation of clerk to receive process

§ 81.26 Designation of clerk to receive process.

No commission shall issue nor shall any order which in itself

constitutes a commission become effective until an instrument executed

and acknowledged by the guardian has been filed with the clerk of the

court designating the clerk and the clerk's successor in office as a

person on whom service of any process may be made in like manner and

with like effect as if it were served personally upon the guardian

whenever the guardian cannot, with due diligence, be served within the

state.