Form 18-A. NOTICE OF A LAWSUIT AND REQUEST TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
WAIVE SERVICE OF A SUMMONS
A.B., Plaintiff,Civil No......
vs.NOTICE OF A LAWSUIT AND REQUEST TO
C.D., Defendant.ACKNOWLEDGE AND WAIVE SERVICE OF A SUMMONS
To: (name of defendant--or if the defendant is a corporation, partnership or association name, an officer or agent authorized to receive service):
Why are you getting this?
A lawsuit has been filed against you, or the entity you represent, in this court under the number shown above. A copy of the complaint is attached.
This is not a summons, or an official notice from the court. It is a request that, to avoid expenses, you acknowledge and waive formal service of a summons by signing and returning the enclosed acknowledgment and waiver. To avoid these expenses, you must return the signed acknowledgment and waiver within 21 days (42 days if you are the State of Montana, a state agency, or a state officer or employee) from the date shown below, which is the date this notice was sent. Two copies of the acknowledgment and waiver are enclosed, along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope, or other prepaid means for returning one copy. You may keep the other copy.
What happens next?
If you return the signed acknowledgment and waiver, I will file it with the court. The action will then proceed as if you had been served on the date the waiver is filed, but no summons will be served on you and you will have 21 days from the date you sign the acknowledgment and waiver (42 days if you are the State of Montana, a state agency, or a state officer or employee sued in an official capacity) to answer the complaint.
If you do not return the signed acknowledgment and waiver within the time indicated, I will arrange to have the summons and complaint served on you, and I will ask the court to require you, or the entity you represent, to pay the expenses of making service.
Please read the enclosed statement about the duty to avoid unnecessary expenses.
I certify that this request is being sent to you on the date below.
Date: _______________________________________________________________
Signature of the attorney or unrepresented party
________________________________________________
Printed name
________________________________________________
Relationship to entity or authority to receive service
________________________________________________
Address
________________________________________________
E-mail address
________________________________________________
Telephone number
Comment: Both Form 18B and the "Duty to Avoid Unnecessary Expenses of Serving a Summons" page should always accompany this form.
History: En. Sup. Ct. Ord. Oct. 9, 1984, eff. Oct. 9, 1984; amd. Sup. Ct. Ord. Nov. 1988; amd. Sup. Ct. Ord. No. AF 07-0157, January 31, 2012.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 20. Rules of Civil Procedure
Form 1. SUMMONS -- OFFICIAL FORM
Form 2. COMPLAINT ON A PROMISSORY NOTE
Form 3. COMPLAINT ON AN ACCOUNT
Form 4. COMPLAINT FOR GOODS SOLD AND DELIVERED
Form 5. COMPLAINT FOR MONEY LENT
Form 6. COMPLAINT FOR MONEY PAID BY MISTAKE
Form 7. COMPLAINT FOR MONEY HAD AND RECEIVED
Form 8. COMPLAINT FOR NEGLIGENCE
Form 10. COMPLAINT FOR CONVERSION
Form 11. COMPLAINT FOR SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACT TO CONVEY LAND
Form 12. COMPLAINT ON CLAIM FOR DEBT AND TO SET ASIDE FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCE UNDER RULE 18(b)
Form 13. COMPLAINT FOR NEGLIGENCE UNDER FEDERAL EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ACT (45 U.S.C.A., 51-58)
Form 14. COMPLAINT FOR INTERPLEADER AND DECLARATORY RELIEF
Form 16. ANSWER PRESENTING DEFENSES UNDER RULE 12(b)
Form 17. ANSWER TO COMPLAINT SET FORTH IN FORM 7, WITH COUNTERCLAIM FOR INTERPLEADER
Form 18-A. NOTICE OF A LAWSUIT AND REQUEST TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
Form 18-B. Acknowledgment and Waiver of Service of a Summons
Form 19. MOTION TO INTERVENE AS A DEFENDANT UNDER RULE 24
Form 20. MOTION FOR PRODUCTION, ETC., UNDER RULE 34
Form 21. REQUEST FOR ADMISSION UNDER RULE 36