N.Y. Uniform Justice Court Act § 403: Summons; method and place of service

§ 403. Summons; method and place of service.

Service of summons shall be made in the manner prescribed in supreme

court practice, including the optional method of service by mail

authorized by CPLR 312-a, but it shall be made only within the county;

provided, however, that where the cause of action arises from the

failure to make payment on goods and/or services to a person who is

lawfully engaged in the business of providing such goods and/or

services, and at the time such goods and/or services were received by

the alleged debtor, such parties named in the summons were residents of

the same county, the alleged debtor named therein as a defendant may

also be served in any adjoining county.