{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-uniform-justice-court-act-403","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Uniform Justice Court Act § 403","heading":"Summons; method and place of service","body":"§ 403. Summons; method and place of service.\n  Service of summons shall be made in the manner prescribed in supreme\ncourt practice, including the optional method of service by mail\nauthorized by CPLR 312-a, but it shall be made only within the county;\nprovided, however, that where the cause of action arises from the\nfailure to make payment on goods and/or services to a person who is\nlawfully engaged in the business of providing such goods and/or\nservices, and at the time such goods and/or services were received by\nthe alleged debtor, such parties named in the summons were residents of\nthe same county, the alleged debtor named therein as a defendant may\nalso be served in any adjoining county.","path":["Uniform Justice Court Act","Article 4. Summons"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/UJC/403","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"5fe1d81dd4f5a0d0dffd14598125bf554cdcc97064d6fec05d4452ae9ff1a668","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-uniform-justice-court-act-402","next":"us-ny/n.y.-uniform-justice-court-act-406"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}