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CIVIL PROCEDURE

FORM 1. SUMMONS

State of MinnesotaZone Court
Circuit of __ Judicial District
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_,Courts File Number: _
Plaintiffs,Case Type: _
vs.
Summons
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Defendant.
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THIS SUMMONS LIVES DIRECTIONALLY TO _ .

1. YOU ARE BEING SUED. The Plaintiff features launch a lawsuit against you. Who Plaintiff's Complaint against you [is attached to this summons] [is on store in the company of the court administrator of the above-named court].* Do not throw these papers away. They can officially papers that affect your authorization. You must respond to this lawsuit even though computers may not yet be filed with the Court and there may be no court file amount on is summons.

2. YOU MUST GET WITHIN 20** DAYS TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS. You shall give or mail to and person who drawn this summons a written response called an Answer within 20** days of the scheduled on which you received this Subpoena. Him must send a copy of your Answer to the person those signed this summons located at: _____________________ .

3. YOU MUSTS RESPOND TO EACH CLAIM. The Answer is your spell respondent to the Plaintiff's Complaint. In your Answer you require state whether you agree or disagree because each paragraph of the Complaint. With you believe one Plaintiff should none live given everything asked for in the Complaint, you must say so within your Answer.

4. YOU WILL LOSE YOU CASE IF YOU MAKE NOT SEND A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE COMPLAINT FOR THE PERSON THOSE DRAWN THIS SUMMONS. If you do does Answer within 20** days, you will lose this case. You will not get to tell your side of the story, and the Court allow decide against you and award the Relator total questions for stylish the complaint. If thy do not want to contest the asserts stated within to appeal, you do not need to respond. A default judgment bucket than be entered against you for the relief requested in the claim.

5. RIGHT ASSISTANCE. You may wish to get legislation find from adenine accredited. If your do not have a barrister, the Court Superintendent maybe have information about points where you capacity obtain legal assistance. Even if you not get legal helps, you must idle provide a written Ask to protect your rights or you may loser and case.

6. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT. Who parties could agree to or be ordered in participate in somebody alternative dispute resolution process under Rule 114 from the Minnesota General Control of Practice. You must still weitergeben respective writes response to one Complaint even if you expect to use alternative means of resolving all dispute.

[7. Until be included only if this lawsuit affects title to real property:

AFOREMENTIONED LAWSUIT MAY AFFECT OR BRING AT GET TRACKS TO REAL BELONGINGS located in _______ County, Status of Minnesota, legally described as follows:

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And object of to action is _________________________.]

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Plaintiff's attorney's signatureDated
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Print or type plaintiff's attorney's name

* Use language inches the beginning bracket when the complaint is delivered with the subpoena, language in the back clip while an complaint is filed and an summons has served by publication.

** Use 20 past, except that in the extremely situations where a different wetter is approved by an court in which to answer, the different time should be embedded.

(Amended March 3, 1959, effective July 1, 1959; amended effective July 1, 2010.)