Practice question
A suit names the Republic alone. The server delivers its summons to a municipal mayor who has no authority to receive it for the Republic. No valid service on the Solicitor General or other established basis of jurisdiction is shown. Which is correct?
- Any mayor is automatically a substitute Solicitor General
- The mayor’s public title alone validates service for the Republic
- The municipality automatically becomes the sole defendant
- The municipal title does not satisfy the Republic’s section 15 recipient rule
- The server may select any government official as recipient
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — current Rule 14 sections 2, 15 and 21, summons upon the Republic, local and like public corporations, and proof of service.
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