How do you know if you are being served?
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How do you know if you are being served?
Several days before the summons Return Date, contact the Clerk’s Office, the Sheriff’s Office or other person authorized to serve process (licensed detective) to determine if your complaint and summons were delivered/served on the defendant(s).
Do you have to be served for a civil lawsuit?
You are required to serve any new party with a filed copy of Dispute Note and Counterclaim and a blank form of Dispute Note to Counterclaim Civil Claim. After you have served the documents you are required to complete and file an Affidavit of Service of Commencement Documents.
What happens if a defendant does not answer a civil lawsuit?
A default judgment is a judgment made against you without a case being heard in court, because you did not respond to the statement of claim. Depending on what the plaintiff is claiming, the judgment will say that you must pay the plaintiff an amount of money or return their goods.
