; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; courier new tur ; arial (vietnamese) ; courier new (arabic) ; times new roman ce ; tahoma (vietnamese) ; arial (hebrew) ; times new roman cyr ; courier new greek ; symbol ; tahoma (hebrew) ; arial ; arial baltic ; arial tur ; times new roman (arabic) ; courier new ; imperial bt ; tahoma ce ; wingdings ; tahoma cyr ; times new roman tur ; courier new ce ; tahoma ; courier new (hebrew) ; arial (arabic) ; courier new baltic ; courier new cyr ; times new roman ; tahoma baltic ; tahoma (arabic) ; arial ce ; courier new (vietnamese) ; tahoma (thai) ; times new roman greek ; tahoma greek ; tahoma tur ; times new roman (hebrew) ; times new roman baltic ; times new roman (vietnamese) ; arial greek ; arial cyr ; \* .; ; ; .; ; ; .; ; ; .; ; ; ?; ; ; ?; ; ; ?; ; ; ?; ; ; .; ; ; ?; ; ; Normal ; heading 1 ; heading 2 ; heading 3 ; heading 4 ; heading 5 ; heading 6 ; heading 7 ; heading 8 ; heading 9 ; Balloon Text ; Block Text ; Body Text ; Body Text 2 ; Body Text 3 ; Body Text First Indent ; Body Text First Indent 2 ; Body Text Indent 2 ; Body Text Indent 3 ; caption ; Closing ; annotation text ; annotation subject ; Date ; Document Map ; E-mail Signature ; endnote text ; envelope address ; envelope return ; footer ; footnote text ; header ; HTML Address ; HTML Preformatted ; index 1 ; index 2 ; index 3 ; index 4 ; index 5 ; index 6 ; index 7 ; index 8 ; index 9 ; index heading ; List ; List 2 ; List 3 ; List 4 ; List 5 ; List Bullet ; List Bullet 2 ; List Bullet 3 ; List Bullet 4 ; List Bullet 5 ; List Continue ; List Continue 2 ; List Continue 3 ; List Continue 4 ; List Continue 5 ; List Number ; List Number 2 ; List Number 3 ; List Number 4 ; List Number 5 ; macro ; Message Header ; Normal (Web) ; Normal Indent ; Note Heading ; Plain Text ; Salutation ; Signature ; Subtitle ; table of authorities ; table of figures ; Title ; toa heading ; toc 1 ; toc 2 ; toc 3 ; toc 4 ; toc 5 ; toc 6 ; toc 7 ; toc 8 ; toc 9 ; \~\~ \~\~ \~\~ \~\~ \~\~ 59.1 \~\~ Statement served. \~\~ 1. \~\~ The contestant for a seat in either branch of the general assembly shall, prior to twenty days before the first day of the next session, serve on the incumbent in the manner provided by the rules of civil procedure for service of an original notice a statement of notice of contest which shall allege a fact or facts believed true by the contestant which, if true, would alter the outcome of the election. \~\~ 2. \~\~ A copy of the statement of notice of contest shall be filed with the secretary of state within five days of service of the notice upon the incumbent. The secretary of state shall notify the presiding officer of the house in which the contest will be tried. \~\~ 3. \~\~ A special election for a seat in either house of the general assembly may be contested. The contestant shall serve notice on the incumbent in the manner described in this section not later than twenty days after the state canvass of votes for the election. A copy of the notice shall also be filed with the presiding officer of the house in which the contest is to be tried, if the general assembly is in session. If the general assembly is not in session, a copy of the notice shall be filed with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall notify the presiding officer of the house in which the contest will be tried. [C51, §381; R60, §611; C73, §731; C97, §1233; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 994; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §59.1 ; 81 Acts, ch 34, §42 ] 93 Acts, ch 143, §37 ; 97 Acts, ch 170, §75 ; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76 ; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §14 Manner of service, R.C.P. 1.302 – 1.315