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Arkansas Code Title 16. Practice, Procedure, and Courts § 16-55-116. Notice--Special persons

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) Where it is not otherwise specially provided, notice to a party in an action of any motion or proceeding to be made or taken in the action in court or before a judge may be served upon the party or his or her attorney.

(2) The service upon the attorney in any such case shall be by delivering to him or her a copy of the notice.

(b) A notice to a person constructively summoned and not appearing shall be served on the attorney appointed to defend for him or her.

(c) A notice to an infant or person of unsound mind shall be served on the guardian or next friend bringing or defending the action for him or her.

(d) A notice to a corporation may be served in the same manner as a summons in an action against it.

(e) Where the party has no known place of abode in this state and no attorney in the county where the action is pending, or where the parties, plaintiffs, or defendants are numerous, the court may direct the mode of serving notices and to which persons they shall be given.

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