If you are sued, will you send text messages to your family?

The defendant will not be notified by phone or text message. It is illegal to notify the defendant by phone or SMS, and the court will not serve the summons by illegal service. The legal service methods of summons include announcement service, direct service, mail service, entrusted service and lien service. At the same time of service, the addressee must have a receipt for receipt. Calling someone in the name of the court or sending a text message informing someone that there is a court summons is fraud. Ignore him.

Relevant regulations:

Article 84 of the Civil Procedure Law requires a receipt for the service of litigation documents, and the addressee shall record the date of receipt on the receipt and sign or seal it.

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

Article 85 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.

Article 86 If the addressee or his adult family members who live together refuse to accept the litigation documents, the addressee may 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, which shall be signed or sealed by the addressee and witnesses; You can also leave the litigation documents at the addressee's residence and record the delivery process by taking photos, videos, etc. , that is, as delivery.

Article 87 With the consent of the person to be served, the people's court may serve litigation documents by fax, e-mail or other means that can confirm receipt, except for judgments, rulings and conciliation statements. If it is delivered by the way mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the date when it reaches the addressee's specific system by fax or e-mail shall be the date of delivery.

Article 88 If it is difficult to directly serve litigation documents, other people's courts may be entrusted to serve them on their behalf or by post. If it is delivered by post, the date of receipt indicated on the receipt shall be the date of delivery.