Rule 8 - Service of pleadings, motions and other papers(a)When service is required. - Every pleading subsequent to the original complaint, every answer, every written motion other than one which may be heard without notice to other parties and every written notice, appearance, demand, and similar paper submitted by a party to a case shall be served upon each party to the case.(b)How service is made. - Whenever service is required to be made upon a party represented by an attorney of record, the service shall be made upon the attorney. Service upon the attorney or upon a party shall be made by delivering a copy, by mailing a copy to the last-known address, or by facsimile transmission to his or her office or usual place of abode. Delivery of a copy means:
(1) Handing it to the person to be served;(2) Leaving it at the person's office with the person's clerk or other person in charge thereof; or(3) If the office is closed or the person to be served has no office, leaving it at the person's usual place of abode with some member of the person's family above the age of 16 years.Service by mail is complete upon mailing. Service by facsimile transmission is complete upon receipt of the entire document by the receiver's facsimile machine.
(c)Parties in default. - No service need be made on parties in default for failure to answer or appear, except that pleadings asserting new or additional claims for relief against them shall be served in the manner provided for service of summons and complaint in Rule 3.R. Civ. Proce. For. Magist. Ct. 8
Amended by order entered July 10, 1996, effective 9/1/1996.