Rule text
(a) Upon the filing of a pleading requiring service of process, the clerk shall forthwith issue the required summons or other process.
(b) The clerk shall deliver the summons or other process for service to:
(1) The sheriff or other person specially appointed to serve it; or
(2) The party if the party files a request that the clerk deliver it to the party.
(c) The person to whom the clerk delivers the summons or other process shall be responsible for promptly serving it with a copy of the pleading and any other paper requiring service.
(d) If a party files a request for separate or additional summons or other process, the clerk shall issue the requested process.
Notes
(Adopted January 19, 1973, effective September 1, 1973. Amended June 1, 1993, effective January 1, 1994; amended May 23, 2001, effective January 1, 2002.)