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§ 9-10-70. Service on Resident Minor Over 14 Temporarily Outside State; Return or Refusal of Receipt; Time for Filing Defensive Pleadings; Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem; Effect of Service on Guardian or Trustee

Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, in all instances where a minor, 14 years of age or older, is a legal resident of the county wherein the legal proceeding concerning such service is sought to be made but is temporarily residing or sojourning outside this state or outside the United States, service may be perfected upon […]

§ 9-10-72. Issuance of Second Original Where Defendants Reside Out of County

If the defendant or any of the defendants reside outside the county where the action is filed, the clerk shall issue a second original and copy for such other county or counties and forward the same to the sheriff, who shall serve the copy and return the second original, with his entry thereon, to the […]

§ 9-10-73. Acknowledgment of Service or Waiver of Process

The defendant may acknowledge service or waive process by a writing signed by the defendant or someone authorized by him. History. Laws 1840, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 363; Code 1863, § 3250; Code 1868, § 3261; Code 1873, § 3337; Code 1882, § 3337; Civil Code 1895, § 4983; Civil Code 1910, § 5561; Code […]