303. Service of process on limited liability companies. (a) Service of process on the secretary of state as agent of a domestic limited liability company or authorized foreign limited liability company shall be made by personally delivering to and leaving with the secretary of state or his or her deputy, or with any person authorized by the secretary of state to receive such service, at the office of the department of state in the city of Albany, duplicate copies of such process together with the statutory fee, which fee shall be a taxable disbursement. Service of process on such limited liability company shall be complete when the secretary of state is so served. The secretary of state shall promptly send one of such copies by certified mail, return receipt requested, to such limited liability company at the post office address on file in the department of state specified for that purpose.
(b) Nothing in this section shall limit or affect the right to serve any process required or permitted by law to be served upon a limited liability company in any other manner now or hereafter permitted by law or applicable rules of procedure.
Last modified: February 3, 2019