Miss. R. Civ. P. Form 1AA
(Sheriff)
IN THE _________ COURT OF __________________COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
A. B., Plaintiff(s) | |
v. | Civil Action, File No.____________________ |
CD. , Defendant(s) |
SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: (Insert the name and address of the person to be served)
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT(S)
THE COMPLAINT WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THIS SUMMONS IS IMPORTANT AND
YOU MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS.
You are required to mail or hand-deliver a copy of a written response to the Complaint to ________________________, the attorney for the Plaintiff(s), whose post office address is ____________________________ and whose street address is __________________________________________. Your response must be mailed or delivered within (30) days from the date of delivery of this summons and complaint or a judgment by default will be entered against you for the money or other things demanded in the complaint.
You must also file the original of your response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward.
Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this _________ day of _______________ , 20_____.
____________________________________
Clerk of ________________ County,
Mississippi
____________________________________
____________________________________
(Seal)
______________________________
[This form shall appear on the reverse side of Form 1A A: Summons (Sheriff)]
RECEIVED THIS ______________ DAY OF ____________, 20 _____.
BY_________________________
SHERIFF
SHERIFF'S RETURN
State of Mississippi )
County of _______________)
( ) I personally delivered copies of the summons and complaint on the _________ day of ____________________, 20__________, to:___________________.
( ) After exercising reasonable diligence I was unable to deliver copies of the summons and complaint to ____________________________ within _________________ County, Mississippi. I served the summons and complaint on the _______ day of ___________________, 20______, at the usual place of abode of said , by leaving a true copy of the summons and complaint with ___________________________, who is the (here insert wife, husband, son, daughter or other person so as the case may be), a member of the family of the person served above the age of sixteen years and willing to receive the summons and complaint, and thereafter on the ________ day of _______________________, 20________, I mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) copies to the person served at his or her usual place of abode where the copies were left.
( ) I was unable to serve the summons and complaint.
This the __________ day of ____________________, 20 ______.
______________________________________
Sheriff of ___________________County,
Mississippi
By: ________________________________, Deputy Sheriff
Miss. R. Civ. P. Form 1AA
[Note: All summons issued to the sheriff must be returned within thirty days from the day the summons was received by the sheriff pursuant to the requirements of Mississippi Rule of Civil Procedure 4(c)(2)] .