Rule text
Each defendant is further required to serve written defenses to the demand for back rent or any other damages alleged in the complaint on the above.....(insert landlord’s name and address)..... within 20 days after service of this summons on the defendant, exclusive of the day of service, and to file the original of the written defenses with the clerk of the court either before service on.....(insert landlord’s name)..... or thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against the defendant for the relief demanded in that portion of the complaint.
WITNESS my hand and seal of the Court this day of, 20.
(COURT SEAL) Clerk of the Court
By: Deputy Clerk