# The Civil Procedure Rules 1998, Paragraph Rule 2: Mode of service

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(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a judgment summons shall be served personally on every debtor against whom it is issued.
(2) Where the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor’s solicitor gives a certificate for postal service in respect of a debtor residing or carrying on business at an address which is served by the County Court hearing centre, the judgment summons will, unless the District Judge otherwise directs, be served on that debtor by ... the court sending it to the debtor by first-class post at the address stated in the request for the judgment summons and, unless the contrary is shown, the date of service is deemed to be the seventh day after the date on which the judgment summons was sent to the debtor.
(3) Where a judgment summons has been served on a debtor in accordance with paragraph (2), no order of commitment shall be made against the debtor unless—
(a) the debtor appears at the hearing; or
(b) it is made under section 110(2) of the Act.
(4) The written evidence on which the judgment creditor intends to rely must be served with the judgment summons.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/schedule/2/part/15/paragraph/Rule2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/schedule-2/part-15/paragraph-Rule2
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