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What is NYC RCNY § 2-232?

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(a) Any process server seeking exemption from the bond requirement pursuant to § 20-406.1(a) of the Administrative Code because he or she serves process exclusively as an employee of a licensed process serving agency shall furnish to the Department upon application or renewal, a certification from the licensed process

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§ 2-232b Employee Exemption from Bond.

RCNY § 2-232

(a)Any process server seeking exemption from the bond requirement pursuant to § 20-406.1(a) of the Administrative Code because he or she serves process exclusively as an employee of a licensed process serving agency shall furnish to the Department upon application or renewal, a certification from the licensed process serving agency for which he or she works in a form approved by the Commissioner that affirms that (1) the process server serves process exclusively as an employee of the process serving agency; (2) the bond that the licensed process server agency has furnished to the commissioner is conditioned upon the process server's compliance with the laws and rules governing the activities of a process server and upon the further conditions set forth in § 20-406.1(a) of the Administrative Code; and (3) the process serving agency acknowledges that it must notify the Department in writing within five (5) days of the date that the process server ceases to serve process exclusively as an employee of the process serving agency.

(b)The process server or the process serving agency shall provide additional documentation that the Department may seek regarding the process server's employee status.

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