Local Rule L.R. 4-5: Summons - Service of Process Directed to Foreign Countries or to Persons or Entities Within Them

L.R. 4-5 Summons - Service of Process Directed to Foreign Countries or to Persons or Entities Within Them. Any party requesting that the Clerk of Court mail a summons, complaint, or other documents under F.R.Civ.P. 4(f)(2)(C)(ii) or comparable statute or rule must file such request in the docket of the case in which service is sought. The request must identify the federal rule, statute, or other authority that authorizes the Clerk to effect service by mail and must include a declaration demonstrating that the filer has determined that service by mail is not prohibited by the law of the foreign country. The request must be electronically filed unless the filer is exempt under L.R. 5-4.2(a). An additional copy of the request must be brought or mailed to the Clerk's Office together with copies of the documents to be served, in a form proper for service under the applicable rule or statute, with a postage-paid envelope addressed to the person or entity upon whom service is sought, return receipt requested. After mailing the documents, the Clerk must file proof of mailing in the docket of the case; if the signed receipt is returned by the postal service to the Clerk's Office, the Clerk must file the returned receipt in the docket of the case as well. The mailing of documents by the Clerk under this rule does not constitute a judicial determination that service by mail is authorized, appropriate, or effective.