(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.
