{"id":517,"date":"2018-01-25T12:06:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T20:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trainingpips.com\/?page_id=517"},"modified":"2018-12-20T11:25:11","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T19:25:11","slug":"ps-101-chapter-5-chapter-outline-service-of-the-summons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/ps-101-a-course-outline\/ps-101-chapter-5-chapter-outline-service-of-the-summons\/","title":{"rendered":"PS 101 – Chapter 5 – Chapter Outline – Service of the Summons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chapter 5 brings you to the summons, the single most served legal<\/a> document you will handle.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The summons is the initiating document in the vast majority of civil<\/a> cases brought every year.  Without it a case<\/a> never gets started.<\/p>\n

The summons informs the defendant<\/a> the power of the state is being brought to bear against him or her.<\/span>  It informs the defendant<\/a> of some of their rights and tells them how to go about responding to the suit which is being brought.<\/p>\n

The summons itself rarely changes in its fundamental form or function.  Instead, it is the nature of the defendant<\/a> which determines what manner of service must be used in order to give proper notice<\/a>.  This chapter concentrates on RCW 4.28.080 and its 16 paragraphs.<\/p>\n

Entities of many different types are subject to the power of the court system. Each must be served in a manner defined in the law<\/a>. A professional process server must know how to achieve service on each of them.<\/p>\n

In this chapter you will learn about service on:<\/p>\n