Can someone sue you without you being served?

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asked May 31, 2020 in Law/Ethics by LuSe4 (410 points)
Can someone sue you without you being served?

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answered May 31, 2020 by Shelde (49,390 points)
Someone can get a lawsuit against you started without you being served.

However for the actual lawsuit to go through and for yourself to get sued in court you have to be served officially and the papers have to be served to you directly and not mailed to you etc.

A process server or Sheriff will have to show up at your door and serve you with papers.

If you are served and do not show up at court then the person suing you will win the lawsuit by default so if you do get sued then you should show up in court to possibly win the lawsuit.

By law it's not legal for you to be sued without you being served.

So if you were sued without you being served then that is illegal.
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answered Nov 28, 2020 by Shawn (99,990 points)
It's not illegal to avoid being served papers but if you're served with a summons to appear in court and you did not accept the summons then a bench warrant could be issued for your arrest for failure to appear in court.

But the actual refusing to be served in not illegal.

Still you could be sued even without being served as they can still start the lawsuit process.

If you don't appear in court for the lawsuit then it looks bad on you and the person suing you will almost always win the lawsuit against you.

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