Your client has been sued, and the summons and complaint that initiated the lawsuit have landed on your desk. After considering and ruling out some of the possible next steps—a motion to dismiss ...

Service of a summons and complaint must be made in accordance with NRS 41.031. The Office of General Counsel (OGC) is not authorized to accept service of a summons and complaint on behalf of the ...

This is particularly important because serving the summons and complaint must be completed within 120 days after commencing the lawsuit. CPLR 306-b.

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(a) requires a defendant to serve an answer “within 21 days after being served with the summons and complaint.” The time for serving an answer changes if a ...

To serve the summons and complaint, you can hire a sheriff or constable or ask the court to appoint a special process server, which is a person who is not involved with your case.