The defendant must be served the Notice at least ten calendar days before the scheduled hearing. Filling out the Declaration of Service: Fill out the Caption as shown in the General Instructions of your Petition or Response packet.Blank forms to print and fill out on your own, with how-to instructions for completing and filing. Whoever effects service should fill out a declaration of service, sometimes called an affidavit of service or return of service. To schedule a hearing, you need to fill out and file a Notice of Hearing. Fill out a Notice of Small Claim form. Hand in the completed form to the clerks at any King County District Court location. All forms are available in PDF format unless otherwise noted. The Court recommends opening PDF forms with Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you attempt these methods and cannot do either, then you may post the notices conspicuously (usually on the door) and mail copies out.