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Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-080 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

Division of Corporations website notice: Customer Service Counter in Albany handling service of process only, by appointment; 'all walk in services are suspended until further notice' (as archived April 11, 2020)

New York Division of Corporations, State Records and UCC: walk-in services suspended; service of process by appointment

New York Department of State, Division of Corporations, State Records and Uniform Commercial Code · New York (Department of State, Division of Corporations, State Records and Uniform Commercial Code) (State)

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Jurisdiction
New York (Department of State, Division of Corporations, State Records and Uniform Commercial Code) · New York
Level
State
Authority
N.Y. Executive Law sec. 91 (Department of State); N.Y. Bus. Corp. Law and Ltd. Liab. Co. Law filings with the Department of State; N.Y. U.C.C. sec. 9-501 (filing office); Executive Order 202.8 (Mar. 20, 2020; NY-002), cited on the notice's face
Issued
2020-04-11 Apr. 11, 2020
Effective
2020-03 (read as 2020-04-11)
End
'until further notice'; end not verified (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Apr. 11, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • corporate and LLC filers
  • UCC filers and searchers
  • process servers and litigants serving the Secretary of State as statutory agent
Functions reached
  • OP corporate formation, amendment and UCC filings over the counter (suspended; online and mail only)
  • CT service of process on the Secretary of State by appointment only
  • FI UCC filings
  • OF law firms and formation agents
  • CB
Character
context
Collection
State motor-vehicle offices, secretaries of state and recorders AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS

Operative words

[In] New York State, the Division of Corporations, State Records and Uniform Commercial Code Customer Service Counter in Albany New York will only be handling service of process, as described below, due to COVID-19.... [service on the Secretary] of State as statutory agent of a corporation or other business entity, by appointment. Please note that Executive Order 202.8... As noted, all walk in services are suspended until further notice. Customers are encouraged to use the online filing system

Enforcement

Administrative suspension of counter services under EO 202.8's workforce-reduction directive

Notes

New York's corporate and UCC filing office closed its counter to walk-in customers under EO 202.8; expedited same-day counter filings, the practice of every New York corporate law firm and lender, were unavailable.

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