# The Civil Procedure Rules 1998, Rule 6.22: Personal service


(1) Where required by another Part, any other enactment, a practice direction or a court order, a document must be served personally.
(2) In other cases, a document may be served personally except—
(a) where the party to be served has given an address for service under rule 6.23...; or
(b) in any proceedings by or against the Crown.
(3) A document may be served personally as if the document were a claim form in accordance with rule 6.5(3).
(For service out of the jurisdiction see rules 6.40 to 6.47.)

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/6.22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-6.22
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