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Section 2 Service of Civil Procedure Law

Article 77 There must be a receipt for the service of litigation documents, and the addressee shall record the date of receipt, sign or seal on the receipt.

The date of receipt by the addressee on the service receipt shall be the date of service.

Article 78 Litigation documents shall be served directly on the addressee. If the addressee is a citizen, I will not give it to his adult family to sign for it; If the addressee is a legal person or other organization, it shall be signed by the legal representative of the legal person, the principal responsible person of other organizations or the responsible person of the legal person or organization; If the addressee has an agent ad litem, he may send it to his agent for signature; If the addressee appoints an agent to the people's court, it shall send it to the agent for signature.

The date of receipt by the adult family members of the addressee, the legal person or other organization responsible for receiving the goods, litigation agent or agent shall be the date of delivery.

Article 79 If the addressee or an adult family member living together refuses to accept the litigation documents, the addressee shall invite the representatives of the relevant grass-roots organizations or units to be present, explain the situation, record the reasons and date of refusal on the service receipt, and leave the litigation documents at the addressee's residence with the signatures or seals of the addressee and witnesses, which shall be deemed as service.

Article 80 If it is difficult to serve litigation documents directly, it may entrust other people's courts to serve them on its behalf or by post. If it is delivered by post, the date of receipt indicated on the receipt shall be the date of delivery.

Article 81 If the addressee is a soldier, it shall be delivered through the political organ of the unit at or above the regimental level where he belongs.

Article 82 If the person served is imprisoned, it shall be delivered by the prison or the reform-through-labor unit.

If the addressee has been reeducated through labor, it shall be transferred through the reeducation-through-labor unit where he belongs.

Article 83 After receiving the litigation documents, the organs and units that transmit them on their behalf must immediately give them to the addressee for signing, and the date of signing on the receipt shall be the date of delivery.

Article 84 If the whereabouts of the person to be served are unknown or cannot be served by other means specified in this section, it may be served by public announcement. Sixty days after the announcement, it shall be deemed to have been delivered.

When the announcement is served, the reasons and process shall be recorded in the file.