§ 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.
(1)Personally delivering to\nand leaving with the secretary of state or his or her deputy, or with\nany person authorized by the secretary of state to receive such service,\nat the office of the department of state in the city of Albany,\nduplicate copies of such process together with the statutory fee, which\nfee shall be a taxable disbursement. Servi
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§ 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. (1) Personally delivering to\nand leaving with the secretary of state or his or her deputy, or with\nany person authorized by the secretary of state to receive such service,\nat the office of the department of state in the city of Albany,\nduplicate copies of such process together with the statutory fee, which\nfee shall be a taxable disbursement. Service of process on such\ncorporation shall be complete when the secretary of state is so served.\nThe secretary of state shall promptly send one of such copies 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. If a domestic corporation formed under article four of this\nchapter or an authorized foreign corporation has no such address on file\nin the department of state, the secretary of state shall so mail such\ncopy to such corporation at the address of its office within this state\non file in the department. (2) Electronically submitting a copy of the\nprocess to the department of state together with the statutory fee,\nwhich fee shall be a taxable disbursement, through an electronic system\noperated by the department of state, provided the domestic or authorized\nforeign corporation has an email address on file in the department of\nstate to which the secretary of state shall email a notice of the fact\nthat process has been served electronically on the secretary of state.\nService of process on such corporation shall be complete when the\nsecretary of state has reviewed and accepted service of such process.\nThe secretary of state shall promptly send a notice of the fact that\nprocess against such corporation has been served electronically on him\nor her to such corporation at the email address on file in the\ndepartment of state, specified for the purpose and shall make a copy of\nthe process available to such corporation.\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.\n