N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 89-T

Current through 2024 NY Law Chapter 443

Section 89-T - Definitions

For this article, a process server is a person other than an attorney or a party to an action acting on his own behalf who:

(a) derives income from the service of papers in an action; or

(b) has effected service of process in five or more actions or proceedings in the twelve month period immediately preceding the service in question.

A person who serves interlocutory papers upon an attorney or who serves papers on behalf of a federal, state or local governmental agency in the course of his employment by such agency shall not be deemed a process server within the meaning of this article by virtue of such service.

N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 89-T