Note: Please send two (2) copies of the action for each defendant corporation being served along with a cover letter outlining your request.

When advancing fees, please send a separate $40 check payable to New York Secretary of State for each defendant being served. You may submit a single check payable to Alexander Poole & Co. for the sum total of all our service fees. If papers are emailed, there will be a charge to print 2 copies of the papers.

We also accept credit cards, debit cards, PayPal and checks by phone. (If you prefer to pay by credit/debit card, please let us know in your cover letter and include a contact name and phone number where you may be reached for payment. Your service will be completed once your payment is received.)

Only "process" may be served on the New York Secretary of State as agent. "Process" is defined as judicial process and all orders, demands, notices, or other papers required or permitted to be personally served on a domestic or foreign entity, for the purpose of acquiring jurisdiction of such entity in any action or proceeding, civil or criminal, whether judicial, administrative, arbitrative, or otherwise, in this state or in the federal courts sitting in, or for, this state. (See §102(a)(11) of the Business Corporation Law, §102(a)(12) of the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law, §102(x) of the Limited Liability Company Law, §121-101(o) of the Partnership Law.)