Get Pa Order Of Court - Armstrong County 2014-2025

This would mean providing a copy of the summons and complaint to any officer or managing agent of any other governmental or quasi-governmental institution. A summons and complaint may be served by mail by the plaintiff, the plaintiff's attorney, or any other person allowed by law.

Remember that the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure allow for the service of a summons and complaint by regular mail. Rule 4.07 provides as follows: (1) A defendant who waives service of a summons does not thereby waive any objection to the venue or to the jurisdiction of the court over the person of the defendant.

The Rule also requires that the summons state the name and address of the plaintiff's attorney, or of the plaintiff if the plaintiff has no attorney. 4.03: Rule 4.03 fixes a definite time - 90 days - within which summons must be served; if not served within that period, it must be returned unserved.

Every summon shall be served by a police officer, or by an officer of the court issuing, it or any other public servant. The summon shall, if practical, be served personally on the person summoned, by delivering or tendering to him one of the duplicates of the summons.

The summons is served upon a defendant by the sheriff of the court. When a summons is served on the defendant, it must either be served personally, or on a person who is older than 16 at the premises where the defendant is employed or resides.

A summons is the first process for a legal claim where a Plaintiff has instituted an action against a Defendant. Once the summons is served via Sheriff, you will have 10 days to respond with a Notice of Intention to Defend or attempt to negotiate a settlement with the Plaintiff.

Service. A subpoena may be served by any person authorized to serve process, or the witness may acknowledge service in writing on the subpoena. Service of the subpoena shall be made by delivering or offering to deliver a copy thereof to the person to whom it is directed. § 45.04.

(1) The person serving the summons shall promptly make proof of service to the court and shall identify the person served and shall describe the manner of service. If a summons is not served within 90 days after its issuance, it shall be returned stating the reasons for failure to serve.