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Rule 404 – Service Outside the Commonwealth

May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Pennsylvania

Original process shall be served outside the Commonwealth within ninety days of the issuance of the writ or the filing of the complaint or the reissuance or the reinstatement thereof:

(1) by a competent adult in the manner provided by Rule 402(a);
(2) by mail in the manner provided by Rule 403;
(3) in the manner provided by the law of the jurisdiction in which the service is made for service in an action in any of its courts of general jurisdiction;
(4) in the manner provided by treaty; or
(5) as directed by the foreign authority in response to a letter rogatory or request.

231 Pa. Code ยง 404