{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-not-for-profit-corporation-law-306","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Not-for-Profit 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) * Service of process on the secretary of state as agent of a\ndomestic corporation formed under article four of this chapter or an\nauthorized foreign corporation shall be made in the manner provided by\nsubparagraph one or two of this paragraph.\n  * NB Effective until February 24, 2027\n  * Service of process on the secretary of state as agent of a domestic\ncorporation formed under article four of this chapter or an authorized\nforeign corporation shall be made in the manner provided by subparagraph\none, two or three of this paragraph.\n  * NB Effective February 24, 2027\n(1) Personally delivering to and leaving with the secretary of state or\nhis or her deputy, or with any person authorized by the secretary of\nstate to receive such service, at the office of the department of state\nin the city of Albany, duplicate copies of such process together with\nthe statutory 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 corporation formed under\narticle four of this chapter or an authorized foreign corporation has no\nsuch address on file in the department of state, the secretary of state\nshall so mail such copy to such corporation at the address of its office\nwithin this state on file in the department. (2) Electronically\nsubmitting a copy of the process to the department of state together\nwith the statutory fee, which fee shall be a taxable disbursement,\nthrough an electronic system operated by the department of state,\nprovided the domestic or authorized foreign corporation has an email\naddress on file in the department of state to which the secretary of\nstate 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 against such corporation\nhas been served electronically on him or her to such corporation at the\nemail address on file in the department of state, specified for the\npurpose and shall make a copy of the process available to such\ncorporation.\n  * (3) 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 corporation formed under article four of\nthis chapter or an authorized foreign corporation has no such address on\nfile in the department of state, the secretary of state shall so mail\nsuch copy to such corporation at the address of its office within this\nstate on file in the department; or (B) email a notice of the fact that\nprocess against the corporation has been served electronically on the\nsecretary of state to the email address on file in the department of\nstate, specified for the purpose and shall make a copy of the process\navailable to such corporation.\n  * NB Effective February 24, 2027\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 corporation\nformed under article four of this chapter or foreign corporation is\nwithin 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":["Not-for-Profit Corporation Law","Article 3. Corporate Name and Service of Process"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/NPC/306","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"8d75c8a6110e31669431de4386892123d27bafabc22953bfe6de99da5478c67e","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-not-for-profit-corporation-law-305","next":"us-ny/n.y.-not-for-profit-corporation-law-306-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}