§ Form 18-A Notice And Acknowledgement For Service By Mail

Form 18-A. Notice And Acknowledgement For Service By Mail

    A.B., Plaintiff,                                                                                                                                Civil No....

                      vs.                                                                         NOTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF

    C.D., Defendant.                                                              RECEIPT OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

                                                                                                                         NOTICE

    To: (insert the name and address of the person to be served.)

    The enclosed summons and complaint are served pursuant to Rule 4D(1)(b) of the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure.

    You may complete the acknowledgment part of this form and return one copy of the completed form to the sender within 20 days after the date it was mailed to you as shown below.

    If you decide to complete and return this form, you must sign and date the acknowledgment. If you are served on behalf of a corporation, unincorporated association (including a partnership), or other entity, you must indicate under your signature your relationship to that entity. If you are served on behalf of another person and you are authorized to receive process, you must indicate under your signature your authority.

    If you do not complete and return this form to the sender within 20 days after the date it was mailed to you as shown below, you (or the party on whose behalf you are being served) may be required to pay any expenses incurred in serving a summons and complaint in any other manner permitted by law.

    If you do complete and return this form, you (or the party on whose behalf you are being served) must answer the complaint within 20 days after the date of signature which you place on the acknowledgment below. If you fail to answer the complaint within the foregoing 20 day period, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

    I declare, under penalty of perjury, that this Notice and Acknowledgment of Receipt of Summons and Complaint will have been mailed on (insert date).

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Signature

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Date of Signature

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

    I declare, under penalty of perjury, that I received a copy of the summons and of the complaint in the above captioned matter at (insert address).

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Signature

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Relationship to Entity/Authority to

Receive Service of Process

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Date of Signature