There are several ways to serve a court summons:
1. Direct service: refers to the service mode in which the people's court sends the litigation documents directly to the addressee for signature.
2. Lien service: refers to the law that when the addressee unreasonably refuses to serve the litigation documents, the addressee places the litigation documents in the addressee's residence according to law and produces service.
Mode of delivery of effectiveness.
3. Entrusted service: refers to that when the people's court in charge of hearing civil cases has difficulty in directly serving litigation documents, it entrusts other people's courts to serve them on its behalf according to law.
4. Entrusted service: refers to the service documents sent by the people's court through the post office and delivered to the addressee by registered mail.
5. Transfer service: refers to the service mode that the people's court sends the litigation documents to the unit where the addressee works for collection, and then transfers them to the addressee.
6. Notice service: refers to the court's disclosure of litigation documents by posting notices and publishing newspapers. After a certain period of time, it is considered as a service mode in law.
Legal basis:
Rules of criminal procedure of the people's procuratorate
Article 393
The people's procuratorate shall examine the written materials submitted by the people's court or the defendant and his defenders, victims and witnesses before the court session. If it is put forward during the examination, arrest and prosecution, and it is verified that no evidence has been illegally collected, it shall notify the people's court, the relevant parties and defenders, and make good preparations for the trial according to the verified situation. For new materials or clues, supervisory organs and public security organs may be required to explain the legality of evidence collection or provide relevant certification materials.
civil law
Article 17 1
_ If the actor has no agency right, exceeds the agency right or continues to act as an agent after the agency right is terminated, it will have no effect on the principal without ratification by the principal.
The counterpart may urge the principal to ratify it within 30 days from the date of receiving the notice. If the trustor fails to declare it, it shall be deemed as refusal to ratify it. Before the act committed by the actor is ratified, the bona fide counterpart has the right to revoke it. Revocation shall be made by notice.
If the act committed by the actor is not ratified, the bona fide counterpart has the right to demand the actor to perform the debt or demand the actor to compensate for the damage he has suffered. However, the scope of compensation shall not exceed the benefits that the counterpart can obtain when the principal ratifies.
If the counterpart knows or should know that the actor has no right to act as an agent, the counterpart and the actor shall bear the responsibility according to their respective faults.