IN · rules
Ind. Trial Rule 4.16
Summons: Duties of persons to aid in
service
Effective January 1, 1993
(A) It shall be the duty of every person being served under these rules to cooperate, accept
service, comply with the provisions of these rules, and, when service is made upon him personally, acknowledge receipt of the papers in writing over his signature.
(1) Offering or tendering the papers to the person being served and advising the person
that he or she is being served is adequate service.
(2) A person who has refused to accept the offer or tender of the papers being served
thereafter may not challenge the service of those papers.
(B) Anyone accepting service for another person is under a duty to:
(1) promptly deliver the papers to that person;
(2) promptly notify that person that he holds the papers for him; or
(3) within a reasonable time, in writing, notify the clerk or person making the service that
he has been unable to make such delivery of notice when such is the case.
(C) No person through whom service is made under these rules may impose any sanction,
penalty, punishment, or discrimination whatsoever against the person being served because
of such service. Any person willfully violating any provision of this rule may be subjected to
contempt proceedings.
Provenance
- Source
- rules.incourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-02
- Edition
- supplied-in-01-2026-08-01
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