Section 19. Service of process

Service of process against an association
  upon the secretary of state shall be made by  personally  delivering  to
  and  leaving  with  him  or  a deputy secretary of state or an associate
  attorney, senior attorney or attorney in the corporation division of the
  department of state, duplicate copies of such process at the  office  of
  the  department  of  state  in  the  city of Albany. At the time of such
  service the plaintiff shall pay a fee of forty dollars to the  secretary
  of  state  which  shall  be  a  taxable  disbursement.  If  the  cost of
  registered mail for transmitting a copy of the process shall exceed  two
  dollars,  an  additional  fee  equal to such excess shall be paid at the
  time of the service of  such  process.  The  secretary  of  state  shall
  forthwith  send by registered mail one of such copies to the association
  at the address fixed for that purpose, as herein provided. If the action
  or proceeding is instituted in a court of limited jurisdiction,  service
  of  process  may  be  made in the manner provided in this section if the
  cause of action arose within the territorial jurisdiction of  the  court
  and  the  office  of  the defendant, as set forth in its statement filed
  pursuant to section eighteen of this chapter, is within such territorial
  jurisdiction.