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What Is Served on Defendant?

What Is Served on Defendant?. The Complaint The Alternative Dispute Resolution Packet The Civil Case Cover Sheet The Summons. Important Summons Provisions. Name of Court Name of Parties Notice of the capacity in which Defendant is sued Timing of Response Warning for Noncompliance.

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What Is Served on Defendant?

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  1. What Is Served on Defendant? • The Complaint • The Alternative Dispute Resolution Packet • The Civil Case Cover Sheet • The Summons

  2. Important Summons Provisions • Name of Court • Name of Parties • Notice of the capacity in which Defendant is sued • Timing of Response • Warning for Noncompliance

  3. Who May Serve a Summons? • Non-party • 18 years old or over

  4. Who Is Served? • The individual Defendant • The expressly designated agent for process • Minors: their parents • Prisoners: their jailer/warden • Domestic companies: if no registered agent, “substituted service” • Foreign companies: general manager in California • State public entities: Attorney General

  5. Methods of Service • Personal service/substituted service • Mail service • Service by publication • Hague Convention service

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