§ 50-e. Notice of claim. 1. When service required; time for service;\nupon whom service required.\n (a) In any case founded upon tort where a notice of claim is required\nby law as a condition precedent to the commencement of an action or\nspecial proceeding against a public corporation, as defined in the\ngeneral construction law, or any officer, appointee or employee thereof,\nthe notice of claim shall comply with and be served in accordance with\nthe provisions of this section within ninety days after the claim\narises; except that in wrongful death actions, the ninety days shall run\nfrom the appointment of a representative of the decedent's estate.\nNotwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, this section shall\nnot apply to any otherwise time-barred civil claims or causes of action\nrevived by section two hundred eight-a of the civil practice law and\nrules. This exemption shall not apply to any claim that was timely under\nthe otherwise applicable statute of limitations.\n (b) Service of the notice of claim upon an officer, appointee or\nemployee of a public corporation shall not be a condition precedent to\nthe commencement of an action or special proceeding against such person.\nIf an action or special proceeding is commenced against such person, but\nnot against the public corporation, service of the notice of claim upon\nthe public corporation shall be required only if the corporation has a\nstatutory obligation to indemnify such person under this chapter or any\nother provision of law.\n 2. Form of notice; contents. The notice shall be in writing, sworn to\nby or on behalf of the claimant, and shall set forth: (1) the name and\npost-office address of each claimant, and of his attorney, if any; (2)\nthe nature of the claim; (3) the time when, the place where and the\nmanner in which the claim arose; and (4) the items of damage or injuries\nclaimed to have been sustained so far as then practicable but a notice\nwith respect to a claim against a municipal corporation other than a\ncity with a population of one million or more persons shall not state\nthe amount of damages to which the claimant deems himself entitled,\nprovided, however, that the municipal corporation, other than a city\nwith a population of one million or more persons, may at any time\nrequest a supplemental claim setting forth the total damages to which\nthe claimant deems himself entitled. A supplemental claim shall be\nprovided by the claimant within fifteen days of the request. In the\nevent the supplemental demand is not served within fifteen days, the\ncourt, on motion, may order that it be provided by the claimant.\n 3. How served; when service by mail complete; defect in manner of\nservice; return of notice improperly served.\n (a) The notice shall be served on the public corporation against which\nthe claim is made by delivering a copy thereof personally, or by\nregistered or certified mail, to the person designated by law as one to\nwhom a summons in an action in the supreme court issued against such\ncorporation may be delivered, or to an attorney regularly engaged in\nrepresenting such public corporation or, in a city with a population of\nover one million, by electronic means in a form and manner prescribed by\nsuch city.\n (b) Service by registered or certified mail shall be complete upon\ndeposit of the notice of claim, enclosed in a postpaid properly\naddressed wrapper, in a post office or official depository under the\nexclusive care and custody of the United States post office department\nwithin the state.\n (c) If the notice is served within the period specified by this\nsection, but in a manner not in compliance with the provisions of this\nsubdivision, the service shall be valid if the public corporation\nagainst which the claim is made demands that the claimant or any other\nperson interested in the claim be examined in regard to it, or if the\nnotice is actually received by a proper person within the time specif
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