S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 612 1997-1998 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (Prefiled) __________ January 8, 1997 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KAUFMAN, GREENE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GALEF, HOCHBERG, MATUSOW, ROBACH, SIDIKMAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to permit- ting service on a doorman or concierge of a multiple dwelling to satisfy the delivering to a person of suitable age and discretion at the actual dwelling place or usual place of abode of the person to be served requirement of delivery and mail personal service on a natural person under subdivision 2 of section 308 of the civil practice law and rules The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- ______________________________________________________________________ bly, do enact as follows: _________________________ 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 308 of the civil practice law and 2 rules, as amended by chapter 125 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 2. a. by delivering the summons within the state to a person of suit- __ 5 able age and discretion at the actual place of business, dwelling place 6 or usual place of abode of the person to be served, and _ 7 b. (i) by either mailing the summons to the person to be served at his ______ 8 or her last known residence, or (ii) by mailing the summons by first _ ____ 9 class mail to the person to be served at his or her actual place of 10 business in an envelope bearing the legend "personal and confidential" 11 and not indicating on the outside thereof, by return address or other- 12 wise, that the communication is from an attorney or concerns an action 13 against the person to be served[, such]; _ 14 c. delivering the summons within the state to a doorman or concierge ______________________________________________________________________ 15 of a multiple dwelling which contains the actual dwelling place or usual ________________________________________________________________________ 16 place of abode of the person to be served shall be deemed to satisfy the ________________________________________________________________________ 17 requirements of paragraph a of this subdivision where: (i) it can be ________________________________________________________________________ 18 demonstrated that the doorman or concierge upon whom process was served ________________________________________________________________________ EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets _______ [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01217-01-7 A. 612 2 1 performs the normal and customary duties associated with such employ- ________________________________________________________________________ 2 ments; and (ii) access to the actual dwelling place or usual place of ________________________________________________________________________ 3 abode of the person to be served was impeded or denied by such doorman ________________________________________________________________________ 4 or concierge; _____________ 5 d. the delivery and mailing [to] made pursuant to this subdivision _______ _________________________________ 6 must be effected within twenty days of each other; and ____ ___ 7 e. proof of [such] service made pursuant to this subdivision shall be __ _________________________________ 8 filed with the clerk of the court designated in the summons within twen- 9 ty days of either such delivery or such mailing, whichever is effected ____ 10 later; and ___ 11 f. proof of service made pursuant to this subdivision shall identify ______________________________________________________________________ 12 such person of suitable age and discretion and shall state the date, ________________________________________________________________________ 13 time and place of service, except as otherwise required for or in a ________________________________________________________________________ 14 matrimonial action where service is made under this subdivision in ________________________________________________________________________ 15 accordance with an order granted pursuant to subdivision a of section ________________________________________________________________________ 16 two hundred thirty-two of the domestic relations law directing the meth- ________________________________________________________________________ 17 od of service to be made under this section, of the summons in such an ________________________________________________________________________ 18 action; and ___________ 19 g. service made pursuant to this subdivision shall be complete ten __ _________________________________ 20 days after such filing[; proof of service shall identify such person of 21 suitable age and discretion and state the date, time and place of 22 service, except in matrimonial actions where service hereunder may be 23 made pursuant to an order made in accordance with the provisions of 24 subdivision a of section two hundred thirty-two of the domestic 25 relations law] of proof of service; or ___________________ 26  2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 27 have become a law.