Practice question
An authorized server meets the correctly identified adult defendant at a restaurant, hands over the complete summons copy and explains the service. The defendant receives it. No special immunity or contrary fact exists. Does the restaurant location alone defeat Section 5?
- Yes; only home delivery can be personal.
- Yes; service becomes mail merely because food is present.
- Yes; public places are always excluded.
- No.
- Yes; a defendant must first invite the server home.
Legal references
- 2019 Amendments to Civil Procedure, Rule 14, particularly Sections 1-5, 8, 13 and 23, as applicable to the stated issue: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
- AM 19-10-20-SC, November 26, 2024, Rule 13-A Section 5, express preservation of Rule 14 for summons: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/99055
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