Service of Process by Mail

Authors

Michigan Law Review, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

This Note examines the operation of the return-receipt requirement and concludes that, in light of the procedures available to a defendant to challenge service and to reopen default judgments entered against him, the requirement of a signed receipt is unduly harsh on plaintiffs. In the course of this examination, the Note details the means by which a defendant can avoid service by mail in a return-receipt jurisdiction and explains the operation of the various motions to challenge service of process, which, it is asserted, can protect the defendant as well as a return-receipt requirement.

Recommended Citation

Michigan Law Review, Service of Process by Mail, 74 Mich. L. Rev. 381 (1975).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol74/iss2/5