§ 16-58-115. Sheriff to note time of service
When a sheriff serves a summons, he or she shall note on the copy of the summons delivered or offered to the defendant or left at the defendant’s residence the time and date the summons was served.
§ 16-58-116. Acknowledgment of service
Service may be acknowledged by the defendant by an endorsement upon the summons, signed and dated by him or her, and attested by a witness. The affidavit of the witness shall be proof of the service.
§ 16-58-117. Return
(a) (1) Each sheriff, coroner, and constable, on the return made by him or her on any writ or other process, shall state at length the time when, the place where, and how the writ or process was served. (2) Otherwise, the officer shall not be entitled to demand or receive any fee for the […]
§ 16-58-120. Method of service — Resident and nonresident defendants out of state — Secretary of State agent
(a) Any cause of action arising out of acts done in this state by an individual in this state or by an agent or servant in this state of a foreign corporation may be sued upon in this state, although the defendant has left this state, by process served upon or mailed to the individual […]
§ 16-58-121. Method of service — Nonresident or absent owner, chauffeur, driver, or operator — Survival of action
(a) (1) The acceptance by a nonresident owner, chauffeur, driver, or operator, or by a resident owner, chauffeur, driver, or operator of any motor vehicle who subsequently absents himself or herself physically from the state, except such nonresident owners or operators, drivers, or chauffeurs as may have a designated agent within this state upon whom […]
§ 16-58-122. Method of service — Owner or operator of motor buses or trucks
(a) When the defendant is the owner or operator of any motor bus or buses, motor coach or coaches, or motor truck or trucks engaged in the business of carrying and transporting either passengers, freight, goods, wares, or merchandise over any of the highways of this state, the service of summons may be had upon […]
§ 16-58-123. Method of service — Owner or officer of steamboat or watercraft
When any action to recover judgment against the owners or officers of any steamboat, vessel, or other watercraft for any debt or liability created by them, or either of them, is commenced in any county in which the steamboat, vessel, or watercraft was found and, from any cause the summons or other process cannot be […]
§ 16-58-124. Method of service — Corporations
(a) When the defendant is a corporation created by the laws of this state, the service of the summons may be upon the president, mayor, or chairman of the board of trustees. In case of the absence of the above officers, then it may be served upon the cashier, treasurer, secretary, clerk, or agent of […]
§ 16-58-125. Method of service — Corporate agent at branch office
(a) (1) Any and all foreign and domestic corporations which keep or maintain in any of the counties of this state a branch office or other place of business shall be subject to suits in any of the courts in any of the counties where the corporation keeps or maintains the office or place of […]
§ 16-58-101. Payment of fees prerequisite to entry of action or issuance of writ
(a) No action shall be entered upon the docket of any court nor any original mesne or final process issued in the action, except in criminal cases and cases where the state is plaintiff, until the fees for entering the case upon the docket and for issuing the writ and the taxes thereon, if any, […]