New York § 89-EE - 89-EEResponsibility of process serving agency and process servers
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§ 89-EE. 89-EEResponsibility of process serving agency and process servers
§ 89-ee. Responsibility of process serving agency and process servers. 1. It shall be unlawful for a process server to fail to comply with all legal requirements for the service of process. 2. A process serving agency shall be legally responsible for the acts of each process server to whom it has distributed, assigned or delivered process for service if it could reasonably have known that the process server was acting improperly. 3. It shall be unlawful for a process serving agency or a process server to fail to comply with all laws and regulations respecting preparation, notarization and filing of affidavits of service of process and other documents.
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What does New York Consolidated Laws § 89-EE cover?
Section 89-EE ("89-EEResponsibility of process serving agency and process servers") is part of the New York Consolidated Laws, the codified statutory law of New York. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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