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IF THE ORIGINAL PROCESS SERVER’S AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE FAILS TO INCLUDE A STATEMENT THAT A MAILING IN COMPLIANCE WITH CPLR 308(2) WAS DONE, THE OMISSION CANNOT BE CURED BY AMENDMENT; THE AMENDED AFFIDAVIT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE COURT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the amended affidavit of the process server to add the mailing requirement should not have been accepted by the court. Failing to aver the complaint was mailed in the original affidavit cannot be cured by amendment:

CPLR 308(2) provides that personal service upon a natural person may be acquired “by delivering the summons within the state to a person of suitable age and discretion at the actual place of business, dwelling place or usual place of abode of the person to be served and by either mailing the summons to the person to be served at his or her last known residence or by mailing the summons by first class mail to the person to be served at his or her actual place of business” within 20 days. CPLR 308(2) requires strict compliance and the plaintiff has “the burden of proving, by a preponderance of the credible evidence, that service was properly effected” … .* * *

… [C]ertain defects in an affidavit of service, which are related to “a defendant’s substantial right to notice of the proceeding against him or her, . . . may not be corrected by an amendment” … . These defects include an erroneous address … and an erroneous mailing date … . The omission from an affidavit of service of a statement that a mailing in compliance with CPLR 308(2) was effectuated also is not amenable to correction pursuant to CPLR 305(c) … . Accordingly, the plaintiff’s amended affidavit of service should not have been considered. John Doe v Mesivtha, Inc., 2024 NY Slip Op 02172 Second Dept 4-24-24

Practice Point: A process server’s affidavit which does not include a statement that a mailing in compliance with CPLR 308(2) was done, the omission cannot be cured by amendment of the affidavit of service.

 

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