A.
No civil action shall be maintained against the Town of Orangetown or the Town Superintendent of Highways for damages or injuries to person or property sustained by reason of any highway, sidewalk, bridge or culvert being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed unless written notice of such defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition of such highway, sidewalk, bridge or culvert was actually given to the Town Clerk or to the Town Superintendent of Highways and there was a failure or neglect within a reasonable time after the giving of such notice to repair or remove the defect, danger or obstruction complained of; and no such action shall be maintained for damages or injuries to person or property sustained solely in consequence of the existence of snow or ice upon any highway, sidewalk, bridge or culvert unless written notice thereof, specifying the particular place, was actually given to the Town Clerk or to the Town Superintendent of Highways and there was a failure or neglect to cause such snow or ice to be removed or to make the place otherwise reasonably safe within a reasonable time after the receipt of such notice.
B.
The notice shall be given by delivering a copy thereof personally or by registered or certified mail to the Town Clerk or to the Town Superintendent of Highways.