Connecticut Instructions for Completing Service by a Proper Officer

The Court will keep the original subpoena and give you back the copies, sealed with the Court's stamp. You must keep one sealed copy for yourself and serve the other sealed copies as directed below.

Anyone, even you, can serve your Subpoena, but this must be done IN PERSON (not by mail). 5.

Service of process is the procedure by which a party to a lawsuit gives an appropriate notice of initial legal action to another party (such as a defendant), court, or administrative body in an effort to exercise jurisdiction over that person so as to enable that person to respond to the proceeding before the court,

The server mails the papers to the party being served. The server then fills out a Proof of Service, detailing to whom the papers were mailed, to what address, when, how (by first-class mail), and where they were mailed from. Service by mail is complete 5 days after the papers are mailed.

A subpoena is typically requested by an attorney on behalf of the court and issued by a court clerk, notary public or justice of the peace. A subpoena may be served on an individual either through personal delivery, email, certified mail or even by reading it out aloud.

Now, in many states, any US citizen that is not a party to the case, over the age of 18, and residing in the state where the matter is to be tried in court can serve papers. Keep in mind that process serving laws differ from state to state and may change.

Hand-delivered (also known as "personal delivery" method); E-mailed to the last known e-mail address of the individual (receipt acknowledgement requested); Certified mail to the last known address (return receipt requested); or.

SERVICE OF PROCESS By law, all civil process must be served by a sheriff, his deputy, a constable, or other proper officer authorized by statute (CGS § 52-50). In addition, an indifferent person can serve process under two circumstances.