§ Rule 4.2(i) Service Upon Individuals in a Foreign Country

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Rule 4.2(i). Service Upon Individuals in a Foreign Country

    Unless otherwise provided by federal law, service upon an individual from whom a waiver has not been obtained and filed, other than an infant or an incompetent person, may be effected in a place not within any judicial district of the United States:

    (1) by any internationally agreed means reasonably calculated to give notice, such as those means authorized by the Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents; or

    (2) if there is no internationally agreed means of service or the applicable international agreement allows other means of service, provided that service is reasonably calculated to give notice:

        (A) in the manner prescribed by the law of the foreign country for service in that country in an action in any of its courts of general jurisdiction; or

        (B) as directed by the foreign authority in response to a letter rogatory or letter of request; or

        (C) unless prohibited by the law of the foreign country, by

            (i) delivery to the party to be served personally of a copy of the summons and of the pleading; or

            (ii) any form of mail requiring a signed receipt, to be addressed and dispatched by the clerk of the court to the party to be served; or

    (3) by other means not prohibited by international agreement as may be directed by the court.