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 There are many businesses which act as process agents, although they charge heavily for doing so. If you have an [[affiliate]], [[agent]] or [[investment manager]] in England or Wales, best ask them if they will accept service on your behalf.
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 If your [[process agent]] ''is'' moored on a barge — say, off the coast of Berwick-upon-Tweed — then depending on the prevailing current, you may or may not be able to service process there.
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-The [https://www.serve-now.com/resources/process-serving-laws/new-york#311 New York rules of civil procedure] do ''not'' require service of process within the state of New York, nor even her territorial waters. Your process service guy can travel far and wide, serving the miscreant in whichever jurisdiction he may find an authorised representative to whom he can hand the papers. As long as he trots back and files an affidavit of service in the New York court, that will do. Therefore - however much money [https://ct.wolterskluwer.com CT Corporation] may reap persuading its offshore clients otherwise, foreigners conducting their affairs under the laws of the state of New York need not appoint a NY process agent.
 ===Who needs one? ===