Maryland Motion for Alternate Service — Instructions is a legal action that must be taken by a court-appointed individual or entity in order to serve legal documents to a person or entity that is difficult to locate or contact. This motion requests that the court issue a different type of service to fulfill the requirements of the law. There are two types of Maryland Motion for Alternate Service — Instructions: Publication Service and Constructive Service. Publication Service requires that the court-appointed individual or entity publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the area where the person or entity to be served is believed to be located. The notice must be published once a week for three successive weeks and must include the name of the person or entity to be served, the court and the case number. Constructive Service requires that copies of the legal documents be mailed to the person or entity to be served, to the address of the person or entity as known to the court-appointed individual or entity, and also to the home address of the person or entity as known to the court-appointed individual or entity. In addition, the court-appointed individual or entity must mail a notice of the service to the person or entity to be served, to the address of the person or entity as known to the court-appointed individual or entity, and also to the home address of the person or entity as known to the court-appointed individual or entity.