§ 203. Method of computing periods of limitation generally. (a)\nAccrual of cause of action and interposition of claim. The time within\nwhich an action must be commenced, except as otherwise expressly\nprescribed, shall be computed from the time the cause of action accrued\nto the time the claim is interposed.\n (b) Claim in complaint where action commenced by service. In an action\nwhich is commenced by service, a claim asserted in the complaint is\ninterposed against the defendant or a co-defendant united in interest\nwith such defendant when:\n 1. the summons is served upon the defendant; or\n 2. first publication of the summons against the defendant is made\npursuant to an order, and publication is subsequently completed; or\n 3. an order for a provisional remedy other than attachment is granted,\nif, within thirty days thereafter, the summons is served upon the\ndefendant or first publication of the summons against the defendant is\nmade pursuant to an order and publication is subsequently completed, or,\nwhere the defendant dies within thirty days after the order is granted\nand before the summons is served upon the defendant or publication is\ncompleted, if the summons is served upon the defendant's executor or\nadministrator within sixty days after letters are issued; for this\npurpose seizure of a chattel in an action to recover a chattel is a\nprovisional remedy; or\n 4. an order of attachment is granted, if the summons is served in\naccordance with the provisions of section 6213; or\n 5. the summons is delivered to the sheriff of that county outside the\ncity of New York or is filed with the clerk of that county within the\ncity of New York in which the defendant resides, is employed or is doing\nbusiness, or if none of the foregoing is known to the plaintiff after\nreasonable inquiry, then of the county in which the defendant is known\nto have last resided, been employed or been engaged in business, or in\nwhich the cause of action arose; or if the defendant is a corporation,\nof a county in which it may be served or in which the cause of action\narose; provided that:\n (i) the summons is served upon the defendant within sixty days after\nthe period of limitation would have expired but for this provision; or\n (ii) first publication of the summons against the defendant is made\npursuant to an order within sixty days after the period of limitation\nwould have expired but for this provision and publication is\nsubsequently completed; or\n (iii) the summons is served upon the defendant's executor or\nadministrator within sixty days after letters are issued, where the\ndefendant dies within sixty days after the period of limitation would\nhave expired but for this provision and before the summons is served\nupon the defendant or publication is completed.\n 6. in an action to be commenced in a court not of record, the summons\nis delivered for service upon the defendant to any officer authorized to\nserve it in a county, city or town in which the defendant resides, is\nemployed or is doing business, or if none of the foregoing be known to\nthe plaintiff after reasonable inquiry, then in a county, city or town\nin which defendant is known to have last resided, been employed or been\nengaged in business, or, where the defendant is a corporation, in a\ncounty, city or town in which it may be served, if the summons is served\nupon the defendant within sixty days after the period of limitation\nwould have expired but for this provision; or, where the defendant dies\nwithin sixty days after the period of limitation would have expired but\nfor this provision and before the summons is served upon the defendant,\nif the summons is served upon his executor or administrator within sixty\ndays after letters are issued.\n (c) Claim in complaint where action commenced by filing. In an action\nwhich is commenced by filing, a claim asserted in the complaint is\ninterposed against the defendant or a co-defendant united in in
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