{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-89-t","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. General Business Law § 89-t","heading":"Definitions","body":"§ 89-t. Definitions. For this article, a process server is a person\nother than an attorney or a party to an action acting on his own behalf\nwho:  (a) derives income from the service of papers in an action; or (b)\nhas effected service of process in five or more actions or proceedings\nin the twelve month period immediately preceding the service in\nquestion. A person who serves interlocutory papers upon an attorney or\nwho serves papers on behalf of a federal, state or local governmental\nagency in the course of his employment by such agency shall not be\ndeemed a process server within the meaning of this article by virtue of\nsuch service.","path":["General Business Law","Article 8. Process Servers"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/GBS/89-T","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"138890fe401a878872d0d77316706a35344f409f078130ab8d7d9d9c8f8ff4aa","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-89-w","next":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-89-u"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}