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Describe your efforts to find the defendant. (Explain what you know about defendant’s home and

workplace and how many times you went to those locations looking for defendant; explain who you

talked to regarding the defendant’s location, including employers, co-workers, friends, neighbors, family;

explain searching you did using phone books, reverse directories, internet search tools, private

investigators, and other methods.)

(use attachment if more space is needed.)

8. Despite my best efforts, I cannot find defendant to serve him/her with the pleadings to start a lawsuit.

Dated:

Signature (Sign only in front of notary public or court administrator.)

Name:

Subscribed and sworn/affirmed before me

Attorney for:_______________________________

by:______________________________

Address:

Date:

City/State/Zip:

Telephone: (

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Notary Public \ Deputy Court Administrator

Attorney I.D.#______________________________

Instructions:

MN Rule of Civil Procedure 4.04(a)(1) does not require a court order before publishing.

1. File this Affidavit and your Summons and Complaint with Court Administration and pay the filing

fee. If you cannot afford the fee, ask about a Fee Waiver.

2. After these documents are filed, publish the entire summons for three consecutive weeks in a legal

newspaper. The newspaper staff prepare an Affidavit of Publication stating the dates of publication.

3. Service of the summons is complete 21 days after the first publication date. File the Affidavit of

Publication with Court Administration. Before entering orders in the case, the Judge will determine

whether the sworn statements in the Affidavit in Support of Publication adequately support service

by publication and give the court jurisdiction.

The court rules are available at the public law libraries and at:

If you have questions, ask a lawyer for help.

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