Can a court summons be sent by SMS?

The court needs the consent of the parties to send SMS summonses, and those who disagree to send SMS summonses are liars;

There are several ways to serve a court summons:

(1) Direct delivery, also known as delivery;

(2) Lien service means that when the addressee refuses the litigation documents without justifiable reasons, the addressee places the litigation documents at the addressee's residence according to law, which has the legal effect of service;

(3) Entrusted service means that when it is really difficult for the sued people's court to directly serve litigation documents, it entrusts other people's courts to serve them on its behalf according to law;

(4) Service by post means that the people's court sends the documents served to the addressee by registered mail through the post office;

(5) Forwarding refers to the way in which the people's court sends the litigation documents to the unit where the addressee works for collection, and then forwards them to the addressee. According to the provisions of the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), there are three cases of forwarding: if the addressee is a soldier, it will be handed over through the political organ of the unit at or above the regimental level; If the person subjected to execution is put into prison, he shall be transferred through his prison or labor reform unit; If the addressee is undergoing reeducation through labor, it shall be transferred through his reeducation through labor unit. After receiving the litigation documents, the organs and units that transfer them on their behalf must immediately hand them over to the addressee for signature, and the date of delivery shall be the time when the addressee signs on the service receipt;

(6) Announcement service. When the whereabouts of the person to be served is unknown or cannot be served by other means, the court may post an announcement on the bulletin board and the original residence of the person to be served, or publish an announcement in a newspaper to make the litigation documents public, which will have the effect of service after a certain period of time.