Ind. Allen Cnty. Civ. Local Rule LR02-TR4-02

A. Summons, Complaint, and Appearance. The party filing the initial pleadings

(summons, complaint, appearance, etc.) shall (unless exempted) file by way of

the Indiana E-Filing System and pursuant to Trial Rules 4 and 86.

(1) By Certified Mail, Private Process, Sheriff (excluding the Allen County

Sheriff), Publication, other Methods. The initiating party must file a

Certificate of Issuance of Summons as set forth in section B of this Rule,

below. If the certified mail service of process is utilized, the initiating party

must cause the green return receipt card to be returned to the initiating party,

not returned to the Clerk.

(2) By Allen County Sheriff. Once the signed Summons is returned from the

Clerk and the fee for Service of Process by Sheriff has been paid to the

Clerk, it is the initiating party’s obligation to deliver the document(s) to the

Allen County Sheriff to be served. It is the requesting party’s responsibility to

provide the Allen County Sheriff with three copies of any document(s) to be

served along with a proof of payment for this service. Documents may be

hand-delivered or mailed to the Allen County Sheriff. See T.R. 4.12.

Once the document(s) are served by the Allen County Sheriff, the Allen County

Sheriff shall forward the document(s) to the Clerk for entry into the Chronological

Case Summary.

If the Allen County Sheriff service method is utilized, the initiating party is not

required to file a Return of Service.

B. Certificate of Issuance of Summons. See T.R. 86(G)(2).

Once service is initiated, a Certificate of Issuance of Summons must be filed.

See Form C(1) in Appendix.

C. Return of Service.

After proof of service is returned to the initiating party, a Return of Service must

be filed so that it will appear on the Chronological Case Summary. (See above

exception, under A(2)). See Form C(2) in Appendix. Note: if e-filing the Return

of Service, the filer must specify in the comment field the name of the

document(s), the party’s name who service was attempted on, and an indication

whether service was either served or not served.

D. Serving Non-Registered Persons. A person who has not registered or

otherwise cannot access the IEFS but who is entitled to service of a paper or

pleading in a matter shall be served in accordance with Trial Rule 4.

Adopted as Superior Civil Rule 2 September 8, 2000, effective November 1, 2000.

Renumbered as Superior and Circuit Civil Rule 4-1, and amended effective December

7, 2006. Renumbered as Superior and Circuit Civil Rule TR4-02 effective January 1,

2015. Amended in 2018, effective December 1, 2018.