RULE 5. SERVICE AND FILING OF PLEADINGS AND OTHER PAPERS
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(b) Service--How made. Whenever under these rules service is required or permitted to be made upon a party represented by an attorney, the service must be made upon the attorney unless service upon the party is ordered by the court. Service upon the attorney or upon a party must be made by delivering a copy to the attorney or party, or by facsimile transmission if available to the attorney or party, or by mailing or delivering via third-party commercial carrier a copy to the attorney or party at the attorney's or party's last known address or, if no address is known, upon order of the court by leaving it with the clerk of the court. Delivery of a copy within this rule means: handing it to the attorney or to the party; or, leaving it at the attorney's or party's office with a clerk or other individual in charge thereof; or, if there is no one in charge, leaving it in a conspicuous place therein; or, if the office is closed or the party to be served has no office, leaving it at the party's dwelling or usual place of abode with some individual of suitable age and discretion then residing therein. Service by mail is complete upon mailing. Service via a third-party commercial carrier is complete upon deposit of the paper to be served with the commercial carrier.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Rule 5 was amended effective 1971, July 1, 1981; March 1, 1986; January 1, 1988; March 1, 1990; March 1, 1992, on an emergency basis; March 1, 1994; January 1, 1995; March 1, 1998;_____________________.
Subdivision (b) was amended, effective , to permit service on a party via third-party commercial carrier.
SOURCES: Procedure Committee Minutes of _________________; September 26-27, 1996, pages 16-17, 20; September 23-24, 1993, pages 19-20; April 29-30, 1993, page 20-21; November 7-8, 1991, page 3; October 25-26, 1990, pages 10-12; April 20, 1989, page 2; December 3, 1987, page 11; May 21-22, 1987, pages 17-18; February 19-20, 1987, page 4; September 18-19, 1986, page 8; November 30, 1984, pages 26-27; October 18, 1984, pages 8-11; November 29-30, 1979, page 2; September 20-21, 1979, pages 4-5; Rule 5, FRCivP.
STATUTES AFFECTED:
SUPERSEDED: Sections 28-0511, 28-0630, 28-2810, 28-2811, 28-2812, 28-2813, 28-2814, 28-2819, 28-2820, 28-2821, 28-3005, 31-0510, NDRC 1943.
CROSS REFERENCE: Rules 4 (Persons Subject to Jurisdiction-Process-Service), 45 (Subpoena), and 77 (District Courts and Clerks), NDRCivP; Rule 49 (Service and Filing of Papers), NDRCrimP; Rules 6.4 (Exhibits), 7.1 (Judgments, Orders and Decrees), NDROC.