Serve your response to Form Interrogatories by mail
After you finish your responses, you must serve them on your spouse or domestic partner. One way to do this is by mail.
Service by mail means another adult (not you) mails a copy of your responses and any attachments to the other side.
How to serve your response to Form Interrogatories
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Make copes of your response
Before anything is mailed, make copies.
- Make 1 copy of your Response to Form Interrogatories
- Keep the copy for yourself
- The original will be served by mail
If you’re including documents:
- Make a copy of each document
- Attach the copies to your response
- Have the copies served (not your originals)
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Choose your server
You can’t serve papers yourself. Another adult must mail them. This person is your server.
Your server must be:
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18 or older
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Not part of your case
Your server can be:
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Someone you know, or
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A professional process server you hire
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Have your server mail the papers
Your server must mail the papers using regular first-class mail.
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Mail the papers to your spouse or partner
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If they have a lawyer, mail the papers to the lawyer instead
Your server must write down the date they mailed the papers. They’ll need this date to complete the Proof of Service.
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Fill out Proof of Service form
After the papers are mailed, your server must complete a Proof of Service.
Use:
- Proof of Service by Mail (form FL-335) ↗️ (opens in new tab)
How to fill it out:
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You can fill in the top section with your case and court information
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Your server fills in:
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How the papers were mailed
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When they were mailed
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Where they were mailed from
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Your server must sign the form
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📌 Keep your Proof of Service
Keep the signed Proof of Service for your records.
You may need it later to show that your Response to Form Interrogatories was served.
What's next?
Once your responses are served, you’re done with this step.
⚠️ If any of your answers change later, you must:
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Update your responses, and
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Serve the other side with a copy of the updated answers
Key takeaways
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You can’t serve your responses yourself. Another adult must do it
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Make copies and keep your originals
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Your server mails the papers and notes the mailing date
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Use Proof of Service by Mail (form FL-335) and keep it for your records
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If your answers change later, you must update and re-serve them