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§ 1-23 Service of the Petition.
   (a)   The petitioner must serve the respondent with the petition. The petition must be accompanied by a notice of the following: the respondent's right to file an answer and the deadline to do so under 48 RCNY § 1-24; the respondent's right to representation by an attorney or other representative; and the requirement that a person representing the respondent must file a notice of appearance with OATH. The notice must include the statement that OATH's rules of practice and procedure are published in Title 48 of the Rules of the City of New York, and that copies of OATH's rules are available at OATH's offices or on OATH's website www.nyc.gov/oath.
   (b)   Service of the petition must be made pursuant to statute, rule, contract, or other provision of law applicable to the type of proceeding being initiated. Absent any such applicable law, service of the petition must be made in a manner reasonably calculated to achieve actual notice to the respondent. Service by certified mail, return receipt requested, contemporaneously with service by regular first-class mail, will be presumed to be reasonably calculated to achieve actual notice. Appropriate proof of service must be maintained.
   (c)   A copy of the petition and accompanying notices, with proof of service, must be filed with OATH at or before the commencement of the trial.
(Amended City Record 7/8/2016, eff. 8/7/2016)