Title 7, Judiciary and Civil Procedure

The clerk of the court must endorse on the complaint the day, month and year that it is filed, and at any time within one year thereafter the plaintiff may have the summons issued, and if the action be brought against two or more defendants, for each at the same time. But at any …

If the summons is returned without being served on any or all of the defendants, or if it has been lost, the clerk, upon the demand of the plaintiff, may issue an alias summons in the same form as the original, and within COL372014 such time as the original may have been served i…

In an action affecting the title or the right of possession of real property, the plaintiff, at the time of filing the complaint, and the defendant, at the time of filing an answer, when affirmative relief is claimed in such answer, or at any time afterwards, may record in the De…

The summons may be served by any peace officer where the defendant is found, or by any other person over the age of eighteen (18) not a party to the action. A copy of the complaint must be served, with the summons, upon each of the defendants. When the summons is served by a peac…

The summons must be served by delivering a copy thereof as follows: (a) If the suit is against a domestic corporation, to the president or other head of the corporation, a vice president, a secretary, an assistant secretary, general manager, or a person designated for service of …

(a) Where the person on whom service is to be made has departed from Guam, and cannot, after due diligence, be found in Guam, or conceals himself to avoid the service of summons, or is a corporation having no officer or other person upon whom service may be served, or who, after …

Where the actions is against two or more defendants jointly or severally liable on a contract, and the summons is served on one or more, but not on all of them, the plaintiff may proceed against the defendants served in the same manner as if they were the only defendants. SOURCE:…

From the time of the service of the summons and of a copy of the complaint in a civil action, where service of a copy of the complaint is required, or of the completion of the publication when service by publication is ordered, the court is deemed to have acquired jurisdiction of…

A court of this Territory may exercise jurisdiction on any basis not inconsistent with the Organic Act or the Constitution of the United States. SOURCE: CCP § 417 added by P.L. 18-17:45 (10/5/85). Taken directly from Calif. CCP § 410.10. COMMENT: “Section 410.10 (this section) pe…

Parent-Child Relationships. In a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, the courts may exercise personal jurisdiction over a person on whom service of citation is required or over the person's personal representative, although the person is not a resident or domiciliary of…