§ 19-a. Records and certificates of department of state. The
department of state shall keep a record of each process served upon the
secretary of state under this chapter, including the date of service. It
shall, upon request made within ten years of such service, issue a
certificate under its seal certifying as to the receipt of the process
by an authorized person, the date and the place of such service and the
receipt of the statutory fee. Process served upon the secretary of state
under this chapter shall be destroyed by him after a period of ten years
from such service.