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CCA 405 · Article 4. Summons

Summons; service without the city of New York permissible but not giving personal jurisdiction in certain actions

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§ 405. Summons; service without the city of New York permissible but not giving personal jurisdiction in certain actions. Service may be made without the city of New York or the state by any person authorized to make service in a like instance in supreme court and in the same manner as service in such court may be made:

(a) in a real property action as defined in § 203 of this act; or

(b) in an action to foreclose a lien on, or to recover, a chattel seized within the city of New York; or

(c) where a levy upon property of the person to be served has been made within the city of New York pursuant to an order of attachment; or

(d) where the case is within CPLR § 1006 (g) and a sum of money has been paid or deposited as provided for therein.

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