§ 121-1505 — Service of process

§ 121-1505. Service of process. (a) Service of process on the\nsecretary of state as agent of a registered limited liability\npartnership or New York registered foreign limited liability partnership\nunder this article shall be made in the manner provided by paragraph one\nor two of this subdivision. Either option of service authorized pursuant\nto this subdivision shall be available at no extra cost to the consumer.\n(1) 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 registered limited liability partnership shall be\ncomplete when the secretary of state is so served. The secretary of\nstate shall promptly send one of such copies by certified mail, return\nreceipt requested, to such registered limited liability partnership, at\nthe post office address on file in the department of state specified for\nsuch purpose. (2) Electronically submitting a copy of the process to the\ndepartment of state together with the statutory fee, which fee shall be\na taxable disbursement, through an electronic system operated by the\ndepartment of state, provided the registered limited liability\npartnership or New York registered foreign limited liability partnership\nhas an email address on file in the department of state to which the\nsecretary of state shall email a notice of the fact that process against\nsuch registered limited liability partnership or New York registered\nforeign limited liability partnership served has been electronically\nserved on the secretary of state. Service of process on such registered\nlimited liability partnership or New York registered foreign limited\nliability partnership shall be complete when the secretary of state has\nreviewed and accepted service of such process. The secretary of state\nshall promptly send a notice of the fact that process against such\nregistered limited liability partnership or New York registered foreign\nlimited liability partnership has been served electronically upon him or\nher, to such registered limited liability partnership or New York\nregistered foreign limited liability partnership at the email address on\nfile in the department of state, specified for the purpose and shall\nmake a copy of the process available to such registered limited\nliability partnership or New York registered foreign limited liability\npartnership.\n (b) As used in this article, process shall mean judicial process and\nall orders, demands, notices or other papers required or permitted by\nlaw to be personally served on a registered limited liability\npartnership, for the purpose of acquiring jurisdiction of such\nregistered limited liability partnership in any action or proceeding,\ncivil or criminal, whether judicial, administrative, arbitrative or\notherwise, in this state or in the federal courts sitting in or for this\nstate.\n (c) Nothing in this section shall affect the right to serve process in\nany other manner permitted by law.\n