301 – Jurisdiction Over Persons, Property or Status.
§ 301. Jurisdiction over persons, property or status. A court may exercise such jurisdiction over persons, property, or status as might have been exercised heretofore.
302 – Personal Jurisdiction by Acts of Non-Domiciliaries.
§ 302. Personal jurisdiction by acts of non-domiciliaries. (a) Acts which are the basis of jurisdiction. As to a cause of action arising from any of the acts enumerated in this section, a court may exercise personal jurisdiction over any non-domiciliary, or his executor or administrator, who in person or through an agent: 1. transacts […]
303 – Designation of Attorney as Agent for Service.
§ 303. Designation of attorney as agent for service. The commencement of an action in the state by a person not subject to personal jurisdiction is a designation by him of his attorney appearing in the action or of the clerk of the court if no attorney appears, as agent, during the pendency of the […]
304 – Method of Commencing Action or Special Proceeding.
§ 304. Method of commencing action or special proceeding. (a) An action is commenced by filing a summons and complaint or summons with notice in accordance with rule twenty-one hundred two of this chapter. A special proceeding is commenced by filing a petition in accordance with rule twenty-one hundred two of this chapter. Where a […]
306-A – Index Number in an Action or Proceeding Commenced in Supreme or County Court.
§ 306-a. Index number in an action or proceeding commenced in supreme or county court. (a) Upon filing the summons and complaint, summons with notice or petition in an action or proceeding commenced in supreme or county court with the clerk of the county, an index number shall be assigned and the fee required by […]
306-B – Service of the Summons and Complaint, Summons With Notice, Third-Party Summons and Complaint, or Petition With a Notice of Petition or Order to Show Cause.
§ 306-b. Service of the summons and complaint, summons with notice, third-party summons and complaint, or petition with a notice of petition or order to show cause. Service of the summons and complaint, summons with notice, third-party summons and complaint, or petition with a notice of petition or order to show cause shall be made […]
306-C – Notice of Commencement of Action for Personal Injuries by Recipient of Medical Assistance.
§ 306-c. Notice of commencement of action for personal injuries by recipient of medical assistance. In the case of an individual who has suffered personal injuries and has received medical assistance pursuant to titles eleven and eleven-D of article five of the social services law on or after the date of such injury, notice of […]
306-D – Additional Mailing of Notice in an Action Arising Out of a Consumer Credit Transaction.
§ 306-d. Additional mailing of notice in an action arising out of a consumer credit transaction. (a) At the time of filing with the clerk of the proof of service of the summons and complaint in an action arising out of a consumer credit transaction, the plaintiff shall submit to the clerk a stamped, unsealed […]
307 – Personal Service Upon the State.
§ 307. Personal service upon the state. 1. Personal service upon the state shall be made by delivering the summons to an assistant attorney-general at an office of the attorney-general or to the attorney-general within the state. 2. Personal service on a state officer sued solely in an official capacity or state agency, which shall […]
308 – Personal Service Upon a Natural Person.
§ 308. Personal service upon a natural person. Personal service upon a natural person shall be made by any of the following methods: 1. by delivering the summons within the state to the person to be served; or 2. by delivering the summons within the state to a person of suitable age and discretion at […]
309 – Personal Service Upon an Infant, Incompetent or Conservatee.
§ 309. Personal service upon an infant, incompetent or conservatee. (a) Upon an infant. Personal service upon an infant shall be made by personally serving the summons within the state upon a parent or any guardian or any person having legal custody or, if the infant is married, upon an adult spouse with whom the […]
310 – Personal Service Upon a Partnership.
§ 310. Personal service upon a partnership. (a) Personal service upon persons conducting a business as a partnership may be made by personally serving the summons upon any one of them. (b) Personal service upon said partnership may also be made within the state by delivering the summons to the managing or general agent of […]
310-A – Personal Service Upon a Limited Partnership.
§ 310-a. Personal service upon a limited partnership. (a) Personal service upon any domestic or foreign limited partnership shall be made by delivering a copy personally to any managing or general agent or general partner of the limited partnership in this state, to any other agent or employee of the limited partnership authorized by appointment […]
311 – Personal Service Upon a Corporation or Governmental Subdivision.
§ 311. Personal service upon a corporation or governmental subdivision. (a) Personal service upon a corporation or governmental subdivision shall be made by delivering the summons as follows: 1. upon any domestic or foreign corporation, to an officer, director, managing or general agent, or cashier or assistant cashier or to any other agent authorized by […]
311-A – Personal Service on Limited Liability Companies.
§ 311-a. Personal service on limited liability companies. (a) Service of process on any domestic or foreign limited liability company shall be made by delivering a copy personally to (i) any member of the limited liability company in this state, if the management of the limited liability company is vested in its members, (ii) any […]
312 – Personal Service Upon a Court, Board or Commission.
§ 312. Personal service upon a court, board or commission. Personal service upon a court consisting of three or more judges may be made by delivering the summons to any one of them. Personal service upon a board or commission having a chairman or other presiding officer, secretary or clerk, by whatever official title he […]
312-A – Personal Service by Mail.
§ 312-a. Personal service by mail. (a) Service. As an alternative to the methods of personal service authorized by section 307, 308, 310, 311 or 312 of this article, a summons and complaint, or summons and notice, or notice of petition and petition may be served by the plaintiff or any other person by mailing […]
313 – Service Without the State Giving Personal Jurisdiction.
§ 313. Service without the state giving personal jurisdiction. A person domiciled in the state or subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the state under section 301 or 302, or his executor or administrator, may be served with the summons without the state, in the same manner as service is made within the […]
314 – Service Without the State Not Giving Personal Jurisdiction in Certain Actions.
§ 314. Service without the state not giving personal jurisdiction in certain actions. Service may be made without the state by any person authorized by section 313 in the same manner as service is made within the state: 1. in a matrimonial action; or 2. where a judgment is demanded that the person to be […]
315 – Service by Publication Authorized.
§ 315. Service by publication authorized. The court, upon motion without notice, shall order service of a summons by publication in an action described in section 314 if service cannot be made by another prescribed method with due diligence.