§ FORM 1AA SUMMONS
FORM 1AA. SUMMONS
(Sheriff)
IN THE _______ COURT OF _______ COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
A.B., Plaintiff(s)
v. Civil Action, File No.
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C.D., 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 _______, 19__.
________________________________________________________________________________
Clerk of _______ County,
Mississippi
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Seal)
[This form shall appear on the reverse side of Form 1AA: Summons (Sheriff)]
RECEIVED THIS _______ DAY OF _____, 19__.
BY ________________________________________________________________________________
SHERIFF
SHERIFF'S RETURN
State of Mississippi )
County of ___________________________ )
( ) I personally delivered copies of the summons and complaint on the _______ day of _______, 19__, 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 _______, 19__, 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 _______, 19__, 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 _______, 19__.
________________________________________________________________________________
Sheriff of _______ County, Mississippi
By: _________, Deputy Sheriff
[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)].
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