NYC HOME IMPROVEMENT TERMINAL
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH FULL SOLUTION
ALREADY PASSED
⩥ License Renewal
Answer: The process of extending a process server's license to
continue serving legal documents.
⩥ Commissioner's Discretion
Answer: The authority of the Commissioner to make decisions
regarding disbursements from the Fund.
⩥ Violation of Subchapter 23
Answer: Any breach of regulations outlined in Chapter 2, Title
20 of the Administrative Code related to process serving.
⩥ Accounting Requirement
Answer: The obligation for the Commissioner to report on the
Fund's activities by January 31 each year.
,⩥ Process Serving Agencies
Answer: Organizations that employ process servers but are not
eligible to participate in the Fund.
⩥ Arbitration Awards
Answer: Decisions made by an arbitrator that may require
payment from the Fund if rendered against a process server.
⩥ Personal Injury Actions Exclusion
Answer: The Fund does not cover awards or judgments from
personal injury lawsuits against participants.
⩥ Disbursement from the Fund
Answer: May be made at the discretion of the Commissioner or
his or her designee, limited to no more than $10,000 for all
awards, fines or judgments arising out of a single service of
process.
⩥ Partial payment of awards
Answer: May be ordered by the Commissioner or his or her
designee to be made from the Fund.
,⩥ Rights and remedies
Answer: Nothing contained herein may be construed to limit the
rights and remedies of any party, including the Department, to
pursue a cause of action against a process server who is a
participant in the Fund.
⩥ Payment of awards or judgments
Answer: Nothing contained herein may be construed to provide
for the payment of awards or judgments rendered against Fund
participants in personal injury actions.
⩥ Accounting deadline
Answer: The Commissioner must cause an accounting to be
made of all of the Fund's activities by January 31 of each year
for the preceding calendar year.
⩥ Process server license examination
Answer: Every person applying for a process server license or
renewal must pass an examination testing knowledge regarding
proper service of process and relevant laws.
⩥ Examination fee
, Answer: The fee for the examination will be $75 and is not
refundable.
⩥ Second examination attempt
Answer: An applicant who fails the exam on the first attempt
may take the examination a second time without an additional
fee.
⩥ Application denial
Answer: After the second successive failure, the applicant's
application or renewal will be denied and they must reapply for
a process server license.
⩥ Duty of individual process server
Answer: Each process server must maintain records of all
service made by them in compliance with the provisions of
section 89-cc of the New York General Business Law and
section 20-406.3 of chapter 20 of the Administrative Code of the
City of New York.
⩥ Maintenance of records of service
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH FULL SOLUTION
ALREADY PASSED
⩥ License Renewal
Answer: The process of extending a process server's license to
continue serving legal documents.
⩥ Commissioner's Discretion
Answer: The authority of the Commissioner to make decisions
regarding disbursements from the Fund.
⩥ Violation of Subchapter 23
Answer: Any breach of regulations outlined in Chapter 2, Title
20 of the Administrative Code related to process serving.
⩥ Accounting Requirement
Answer: The obligation for the Commissioner to report on the
Fund's activities by January 31 each year.
,⩥ Process Serving Agencies
Answer: Organizations that employ process servers but are not
eligible to participate in the Fund.
⩥ Arbitration Awards
Answer: Decisions made by an arbitrator that may require
payment from the Fund if rendered against a process server.
⩥ Personal Injury Actions Exclusion
Answer: The Fund does not cover awards or judgments from
personal injury lawsuits against participants.
⩥ Disbursement from the Fund
Answer: May be made at the discretion of the Commissioner or
his or her designee, limited to no more than $10,000 for all
awards, fines or judgments arising out of a single service of
process.
⩥ Partial payment of awards
Answer: May be ordered by the Commissioner or his or her
designee to be made from the Fund.
,⩥ Rights and remedies
Answer: Nothing contained herein may be construed to limit the
rights and remedies of any party, including the Department, to
pursue a cause of action against a process server who is a
participant in the Fund.
⩥ Payment of awards or judgments
Answer: Nothing contained herein may be construed to provide
for the payment of awards or judgments rendered against Fund
participants in personal injury actions.
⩥ Accounting deadline
Answer: The Commissioner must cause an accounting to be
made of all of the Fund's activities by January 31 of each year
for the preceding calendar year.
⩥ Process server license examination
Answer: Every person applying for a process server license or
renewal must pass an examination testing knowledge regarding
proper service of process and relevant laws.
⩥ Examination fee
, Answer: The fee for the examination will be $75 and is not
refundable.
⩥ Second examination attempt
Answer: An applicant who fails the exam on the first attempt
may take the examination a second time without an additional
fee.
⩥ Application denial
Answer: After the second successive failure, the applicant's
application or renewal will be denied and they must reapply for
a process server license.
⩥ Duty of individual process server
Answer: Each process server must maintain records of all
service made by them in compliance with the provisions of
section 89-cc of the New York General Business Law and
section 20-406.3 of chapter 20 of the Administrative Code of the
City of New York.
⩥ Maintenance of records of service
