---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 681.8"
title: "45"
number: "681.8"
heading: "How will the complaint be served?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/681.8"
---

# §681.8. How will the complaint be served?

- (a) The complaint must be served on individual defendants directly, a partnership through a general partner, and on corporations or on unincorporated associations through an executive officer or a director, except that service also may be made on any person authorized by appointment or by law to receive process for the defendant.
- (b) The complaint may be served either by:
  - (1) Registered or certified mail; or
  - (2) **Personal delivery by anyone 18 years of age or older.**
- (c) The date of service is the date of personal delivery or, in the case of service by registered or certified mail, the date of postmark.
- (d) When served with the complaint, the defendant should also be served with a copy of this part 681 and [31 U.S.C. 3801-3812](/usc/31/3801-3812.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 74 FR 26794, June 4, 2009, unless otherwise noted.