N.Y. CPLR § 307

NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES (CPLR) New York State | For Informational Purposes Only CPLR § 307 Personal service upon the state. 1 § 307. Personal service upon the state. 1. Personal service upon thestate shall be made by delivering the summons to an assistantattorney-general at an office of the attorney-general or to theattorney-general within the state.2. Personal service on a state officer sued solely in an officialcapacity or state agency, which shall be required to obtain personaljurisdiction over such an officer or agency, shall be made by (1)delivering the summons to such officer or to the chief executive officerof such agency or to a person designated by such chief executive officerto receive service, or (2) by mailing the summons by certified mail,return receipt requested, to such officer or to the chief executiveofficer of such agency, and by personal service upon the state in themanner provided by subdivision one of this section. Service by certifiedmail shall not be complete until the summons is received in a principaloffice of the agency and until personal service upon the state in themanner provided by subdivision one of this section is completed. Forpurposes of this subdivision, the term "principal office of the agency"shall mean the location at which the office of the chief executiveofficer of the agency is generally located. Service by certified mailshall not be effective unless the front of the envelope bears the legend"URGENT LEGAL MAIL" in capital letters. The chief executive officer ofevery such agency shall designate at least one person, in addition tohimself or herself, to accept personal service on behalf of the agency.For purposes of this subdivision the term state agency shall be deemedto refer to any agency, board, bureau, commission, division, tribunal orother entity which constitutes the state for purposes of s es of this subdivision the term state agency shall be deemedto refer to any agency, board, bureau, commission, division, tribunal orother entity which constitutes the state for purposes of service undersubdivision one of this section.