Certificate Of Service For Discovery In Arizona
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In any event, the serving party must mail the summons, the pleading being served, and any court order authorizing an alternative means of service to the last-known business or residential address of the person being served.
Service of process must be made by a sheriff, a sheriff's deputy, a constable, a constable's deputy, a private process server certified under the Arizona Code of Judicial Administration § 7-204 and Rule 4(e), or any other person specially appointed by the court.
Unless the court orders otherwise for good cause: (1) a party may not seek discovery from any source-including nonparties-before that party serves its initial disclosure statement under Rule 26.1; (2) methods of discovery may be used in any sequence; and (3) discovery by one party does not require any other party to ...
Unless Rule 4.1(c), (e), (f), or (g) applies, an individual may be served by: (1) delivering a copy of the summons and the pleading being served to that individual personally; (2) leaving a copy of each at that individual's dwelling or usual place of abode with someone of suitable age and discretion who resides there; ...
Proof of Service in Arizona The proof of service must be filed with the court. Service must be made within 120 days of issuance of the summons. If the summons and complaint have not been served, the court may on its own initiative or upon motion dismiss the case without prejudice.
For service by mail, the person who mails the document signs the affidavit of service. It may also be permissible for the party or attorney who files the document to simply add a statement called a certificate of service. Generally, an affidavit or certificate of service by mail does not need to be notarized.
The meaning of “personally served” is set forth in Rule 113(a). The person who completed service must promptly prepare an affidavit as proof that a defendant was served, and the proof of service must be filed with the court.
An example of a Proof of Service is a signed declaration from the person who served the documents, stating the name of the person who was served and the date, time, and manner of service. A Proof of Service may also include an affidavit, which is a sworn statement that the documents were properly served.