What if the defendant doesn't receive the indictment?

Legal analysis: the court indictment must be served on the defendant, and the receipt must be signed to ensure that the defendant can receive it. The law stipulates that the indictment should be sent to the defendant by the court. However, in practice, the court generally does not send staff to deliver documents to the defendant, but will call the defendant to come to the court to get them. If the respondent is unable to notify, it shall be delivered by post and the respondent shall be required to sign for confirmation.

Legal basis: Article 85 of the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that 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 delivery is the date when the adult family members, legal persons or other organizations of the addressee are responsible for receiving and the litigation agent or agent signs for it.