Rule 421 Incapacitated Persons
Chapter 400: Service of Original Process
Rule Text
If the defendant is an incapacitated person, original process shall be served
(1) upon the incapacitated person in the manner prescribed for service of original process upon a competent defendant, or
(2) by handing a copy to the incapacitated person’s guardian.
Amendment history: The provisions of this Rule 421 adopted July 5, 1985, effective January 1, 1986, 15 Pa.B. 2452; amended June 3, 1994, effective July 1, 1994, 24 Pa.B. 3019; rescinded June 14, 1999, effective September 1, 1999, 29 Pa.B. 3191. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (256958). (Editor’s Note: The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has suspended its order of June 14, 1999, published at 29 Pa.B. 3191 (June 26, 1999). See 29 Pa.B. 4859 (September 18, 1999).)