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Rule 3 - Commencement of Action and Venue (a) A civil action is commenced by filing a complaint with the court. The complaint, in order to be accepted for filing, must be accompanied by a completed case description on a form provided by the clerk of court.

6. Rule 6 - Time (a) Computation. In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by these rules, by order of court, or by any applicable statute, the day of the act, event, or default from which the designated period of time begins to run is not to be included.

(Civil Rule 5 (g)) You have a right to file a written opposition to the motion within _______ days after this motion was served on you. Your opposition must be filed with the Clerk of Court at the following address ,Alaska. See Civil Rule 77 for information about what your opposition must contain.

Service of process is delivering a copy of a legal document to the person on the other side of your case. There are strict rules about how to serve different kinds of documents. It is very important to understand how to properly serve documents to the opposing party (or their lawyer if represented).

If the charge is for a felony crime, the defendant goes before the court within 24 hours after arrest and it is called a "first appearance." This may also be called a ?Rule 5 hearing? or ?initial appearance.? At the first appearance, a judge reads the charges and advises the defendant of his or her rights.

A party who fails to appear or who appears but fails to answer or otherwise defend may be defaulted by the clerk not less than seven days following service of the application for default. (b) Judgment by the Clerk.