Text of the provision
Sec. 12. Service upon domestic private juridical entity. — When the defendant is a corporation, partnership or association organized under the laws of the Philippines with a juridical personality, service may be made on the president, managing partner, general manager, corporate secretary, treasurer, or in- house counsel of the corporation wherever they may be found, or in their absence or unavailability, on their secretaries. If such service cannot be made upon any of the foregoing persons, it shall be made upon the person who customarily receives the correspondence for the defendant at its principal office. In case the domestic juridical entity is under receivership or liquidation, service of summons shall be made on the receiver or liquidator, as the case may be. Should there be a refusal on the part of the persons above-mentioned to receive summons despite at least three attempts on two different dates, service may be made electronically, if allowed by the court, as provided under Section 6 of this Rule.
2019 Rules of Civil Procedure (A.M. No. 19-10-20-SC), Rule 14, Section 12. Reproduced verbatim and verified word-for-word against the Supreme Court's official text and the ChanRobles rendering.
About this section
This is Section 12 of Rule 14 (Summons) 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.
Related provisions
- Section 11 — Service upon spouses.
- Section 13 — Duty of counsel of record.
Cases citing this section
- Authorities on this section will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.