When must the extra summons copy be mailed before default judgment?

Confirm a natural-person defendant, nonappearance and the qualifying contractual nonpayment claim.

Establish the actual entry date and preserve the additional first-class summons mailing and its affidavit. A hoped-for entry date is only a planning assumption.

Responsible actor. The plaintiff seeking this qualifying contractual default judgment. Section 3215(g)(3)’s natural-person, nonappearance and nonpayment-of-contractual-obligation branch, with the statutory exceptions checked.

1. Confirm a natural-person defendant, nonappearance and the qualifying contractual nonpayment claim.
2. Establish the actual entry date and preserve the additional first-class summons mailing and its affidavit. A hoped-for entry date is only a planning assumption.
3. Exclude the established event day and count every intermediate calendar day under GCL 20.
4. Make the additional first-class mailing with the required envelope and address, and file the mailing affidavit with the judgment. Preserve the statutory fallback if mail is returned before entry.

GCL 20 excludes the established event day. These five-, ten-, fifteen-, twenty-, twenty-one-, thirty-, sixty- and ninety-day periods count intermediate calendar days. GCL 30 uses the corresponding calendar-month day, or the final day of a shorter month. GCL 58 defines a year as twelve months. GCL 25-a permits the next succeeding business day when the statutory final day is closed and expressly includes periods before which an act is required. The actual hearing or entry time and any different court direction remain separate checks. The independent calendar follows GCL 24 and Election Law 8-100. It includes Lincoln’s Birthday, the second Sunday in June as Flag Day, Juneteenth and general election day. GCL 24 adds the following day for a listed Sunday holiday except Flag Day. It does not generally move a Saturday holiday to Friday. Dates after 2027 are projections of the reviewed standing statute through 2033, not proof of future court openings. Check amendments, additional appointed holidays and actual closures separately.

The scoped calculators accept independently established events in 2026 and 2027 and projected final dates through 2033. They require the particular disclosed branch, no unsupported service-method addition, no unmodeled toll, no different actual court order and no additional closure. Earlier editions, historical tolls and outside dates require separate review and receive no computed or paid date. This software boundary does not establish that an act is legally late.

Fictitious example

Section 3215(g)(3)’s natural-person, nonappearance and nonpayment-of-contractual-obligation branch, with the statutory exceptions checked. Fictitious established facts. Section 3215(g)(3)’s natural-person, nonappearance and nonpayment-of-contractual-obligation branch, with the statutory exceptions checked.

Fictitious established facts. The date does not prove classification, valid service, jurisdiction, completed filing, a granted motion or an extension. Any earlier competing boundary, actual hour and future-calendar qualification still applies.

Envelope and address

Use the residence address and personal-and-confidential marking without attorney or debt indications. Returned mail requires the stated employment or last-residence fallback.

Initial service

The additional copy may be mailed simultaneously with or after summons service. It does not replace valid initiating service.

Exceptions

Check the small-claims and summary-possession exceptions and the title-action exception, which excludes residential mortgage foreclosure.

Edition and projected calendar

The scoped calculators accept independently established events in 2026 and 2027 and projected final dates through 2033. They require the particular disclosed branch, no unsupported service-method addition, no unmodeled toll, no different actual court order and no additional closure. Earlier editions, historical tolls and outside dates require separate review and receive no computed or paid date. This software boundary does not establish that an act is legally late.

• Section 3215(g)(3)’s natural-person, nonappearance and nonpayment-of-contractual-obligation branch, with the statutory exceptions checked.
• Use only the disclosed statutory component. Establish every omitted branch separately.

• Confirm a natural-person defendant, nonappearance and the qualifying contractual nonpayment claim.
• Establish the actual entry date and preserve the additional first-class summons mailing and its affidavit. A hoped-for entry date is only a planning assumption.
• Make the additional first-class mailing with the required envelope and address, and file the mailing affidavit with the judgment. Preserve the statutory fallback if mail is returned before entry.
• Use the residence address and personal-and-confidential marking without attorney or debt indications. Returned mail requires the stated employment or last-residence fallback.
• The additional copy may be mailed simultaneously with or after summons service. It does not replace valid initiating service.
• Check the small-claims and summary-possession exceptions and the title-action exception, which excludes residential mortgage foreclosure.
• CPLR 3215(g)(3) requires the additional first-class summons copy, its prescribed envelope and address, any returned-mail fallback and the mailing affidavit filed with the judgment. Preserve initial summons service separately. The additional mailing does not replace initial service or itself establish entitlement to judgment.