Notice to Appear in Court

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#1

Notice to Appear,

You have to appear in the Court on the April 23.
You are kindly asked to prepare and bring the documents relating to the case to Court on the specified date.
Note: If you do not come, the case will be heard in your absence.

The Court Notice is attached to this email.

Regards,
Curtis Hart,
Clerk of Court.

#2

Oh dear! One of us clicked the wrong button. :slight_smile:

James

#3

The scary thing is that despite being sent to the wrong email address, the intended recipient is presumed to have been legally served, n most parts of the United States.

jonathon

#4

​I doubt that anyong was the intended recipient. I got the exact same mail
as spam, outside of the LO list.

#5

it's also weird it came from a 'county court' in Brazil!

f.

#6

1. The version I got (on this list) came from "County Court <curtis.hart@cpanel.emidhost.com.br>", which carries Brazilian (br) registration. That's almost certainly a silly prank -- a virus that's not particularly malicious.

       2. Is it accurate that "the intended recipient is presumed to have been legally served"? I'm not an attorney, but I believe that some documentation is required to prove that the process has been served, at least in most US jurisdictions. See Wikipedia, "Service of process".

       Spencer

#7

I am an attorney and no court in the USA would use email to summon a person to court. It's spam.

Virgil

#8

Legally served in an email from Brazil ???
Give me a break.

PS: check the headers to see where it's from

#9

I've forgotten the cite, but in a pleading justifying the use of posting a summons to the individual's FaceBook account, the lawyers cited half a dozen cases where the courts had ruled that service via email was acceptable.

jonathon

#10

IIRC, that was to notify of some proceeding, not a summons to court.
It's similar to sending a letter to the last know address or taking ads
in newspapers.