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Sec. 7. Service by mail. — Service by registered mail shall be made by depositing the copy in the post office, in a sealed envelope, plainly addressed to the party or to the party's counsel at his or her office, if known, otherwise at his or her residence, if known, with postage fully pre-paid, and with instructions to the postmaster to return the mail to the sender after ten calendar days if undelivered. If no registry service is available in the locality of either the sender or the addressee, service may be done by ordinary mail.

2019 Rules of Civil Procedure (A.M. No. 19-10-20-SC), Rule 13, Section 7. Reproduced verbatim and verified word-for-word against the Supreme Court's official text and the ChanRobles rendering.

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This is Section 7 of Rule 13 (Filing And Service Of Pleadings, Judgments And Other Papers) of the 2019 Rules of Civil Procedure, the rules promulgated by the Supreme Court in A.M. No. 19-10-20-SC and in force since May 1, 2020. The text above is reproduced verbatim from the current rules.

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