{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-business-corporation-law-306","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Business Corporation Law § 306","heading":"Service of process","body":"§ 306. Service of process.\n  (a) Service of process on a registered agent may be made in the manner\nprovided by law for the service of a summons, as if the registered agent\nwas a defendant.\n  (b) (1) * Service of process on the secretary of state as agent of a\ndomestic or authorized foreign corporation shall be made in the manner\nprovided by clause (i) or (ii) of this subparagraph. Either option of\nservice authorized pursuant to this subparagraph shall be available at\nno extra cost to the consumer.\n  * NB Effective until February 24, 2027\n  * Service of process on the secretary of state as agent of a domestic\nor authorized foreign corporation shall be made in the manner provided\nby clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this subparagraph. Each option of\nservice authorized pursuant to this subparagraph shall be available at\nno extra cost to the consumer.\n  * NB Effective February 24, 2027\n(i) Personally delivering to and leaving with the secretary of state or\na deputy, or with any person authorized by the secretary of state to\nreceive such service, at the office of the department of state in the\ncity of Albany, duplicate copies of such process together with the\nstatutory fee, which fee shall be a taxable disbursement. Service of\nprocess on such corporation shall be complete when the secretary of\nstate is so served. The secretary of state shall promptly send one of\nsuch copies by certified mail, return receipt requested, to such\ncorporation, at the post office address, on file in the department of\nstate, specified for the purpose. If a domestic or authorized foreign\ncorporation has no such address on file in the department of state, the\nsecretary of state shall so mail such copy, in the case of a domestic\ncorporation, in care of any director named in its certificate of\nincorporation at the director's address stated therein or, in the case\nof an authorized foreign corporation, to such corporation at the address\nof its office within this state on file in the department. (ii)\nElectronically submitting a copy of the process to the department of\nstate together with the statutory fee, which fee shall be a taxable\ndisbursement, through an electronic system operated by the department of\nstate, provided the domestic or authorized foreign corporation has an\nemail address on file in the department of state to which the secretary\nof state shall email a notice of the fact that process has been served\nelectronically on the secretary of state.  Service of process on such\ncorporation shall be complete when the secretary of state has reviewed\nand accepted service of such process.  The secretary of state shall\npromptly send a notice of the fact that process has been served to such\ncorporation at the email address on file in the department of state,\nspecified for the purpose and shall make a copy of the process available\nto such corporation.\n  * (iii) Provided process is served by or on behalf of the state or a\ncity, town, village or other political subdivision of the state, by\nelectronically submitting a copy of the process to the department of\nstate, through an electronic system operated by and with capabilities\ndetermined by the department of state, together with the statutory fee,\nif required, which fee shall be a taxable disbursement. Service of\nprocess on such corporation shall be complete when the secretary of\nstate has reviewed and accepted service of such process. The secretary\nof state shall promptly either: (A) send a copy of such process by\ncertified mail, return receipt requested, to such corporation, at the\npost office address, on file in the department of state, specified for\nthe purpose or, if a domestic or authorized foreign corporation has no\nsuch address on file in the department of state, the secretary of state\nshall so mail such copy, in the case of a domestic corporation, in care\nof any director named in its certificate of incorporation at the\ndirector's address stated therein or, in the case of an authorized\nforeign corporation, to such corporation at the address of its office\nwithin this state on file in the department; or (B) email a notice of\nthe fact that process against the corporation has been served\nelectronically on the secretary of state to the email address on file in\nthe department of state, specified for the purpose and shall make a copy\nof the process available to such corporation.\n  * NB Effective February 24, 2027\n  (2) An additional service of the summons may be made pursuant to\nparagraph four of subdivision (f) of section thirty-two hundred fifteen\nof the civil practice law and rules.\n  (c) If an action or special proceeding is instituted in a court of\nlimited jurisdiction, service of process may be made in the manner\nprovided in this section if the office of the domestic or foreign\ncorporation is within the territorial jurisdiction of the court.\n  (d) Nothing in this section shall affect the right to serve process in\nany other manner permitted by law.","path":["Business Corporation Law","Article 3. Corporate Name and Service of Process"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/BSC/306","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"653738d0a26daa1cf82fa2351c57e47b50c8adf49757a529787f41c58a8679d8","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-business-corporation-law-305","next":"us-ny/n.y.-business-corporation-law-306-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}