CPLR § 312

Personal service upon a court, board or commission

§ 312. Personal service upon a court, board or commission. Personal service upon a court consisting of three or more judges may be made by delivering the summons to any one of them. Personal service upon a board or commission having a chairman or other presiding officer, secretary or clerk, by whatever official title he is called, may be made by delivering the summons to him. Personal service upon a board or commission of a town or village may also be made by delivering the summons to the clerk of the town or village. Personal service upon any other board or commission shall be made by delivering the summons to any one of the members.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/312

In plain English

A court of 3+ judges → deliver to any one judge.
A board/commission with a presiding officer, secretary, or clerk → deliver to that person.
A town/village board/commission → may also deliver to the town/village clerk.
Any other board/commission → deliver to any one member.

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 2 — The JG-22 CPLR and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.