§ 10-14. Service of the Pleading and Other Papers--Proof of Service

(a)Proof of service pursuant to Section 10-12 (a) and (b) may be made by written acknowledgment of service by the party served, by a certificate of counsel for the party filing the pleading or paper or by the pro se party, or by affidavit of the person making the service, but these methods of proof shall not be exclusive. Proof of service shall include the address at which such service was made. If proof of such service is made by a certificate of counsel or by the pro se party, it shall be in substantially the following form:

I hereby certify that a copy of the above was mailed or electronically delivered on (Date) to all counsel and pro se parties of record and that written consent for electronic delivery was received from all counsel and pro se parties of record who were electronically served. (Here list the name of each party served and the address at which service was made.)

to the party against whom the default for failure to appear is claimed. (Here list the name of each nonappearing party served and the address at which service was made.)

(Individual Signature of Counsel or Pro Se Party)

(b)Proof of service pursuant to Section 10-12 (c) shall be made in the same manner as proof of service is made of an original writ and complaint, unless the judicial authority ordered service in some other manner in which event service may be proved as prescribed in (a) above.