Court summons is usually sent from the court to the defendant by express mail. Usually, the postal department arranges special delivery. The court (plaintiff) sent it according to the address on the confirmation of service address filled in when filing the case, and the defendant sent it according to the address provided by the plaintiff, and the confirmation of service address was also sent according to that address. Court summons is a written document issued by the people's court according to law, which requires the summoned person to appear in court at a designated place to participate in litigation activities or conduct other litigation activities at a designated time.

There are several ways for the court to serve a summons:

1, direct service, also known as service, refers to the way that the people's court sends a special person to directly serve the litigation documents to the addressee for signature. Direct delivery is the most basic mode of delivery. In other words, everything that can be served directly should be served directly to prevent the delay of litigation and ensure the smooth progress of litigation procedures.

2. Service by lien means that the addressee refuses to serve the litigation documents unreasonably, and the addressee shall place the litigation documents at the addressee's residence and have the legal effect of service.

3. Entrusted service means that when the people's court in charge of hearing civil cases has difficulty in directly serving litigation documents, it entrusts other people's courts to serve them on its behalf according to law. Entrusted service and direct service have the same legal effect.

4. Service refers to the way that the people's court sends the litigation documents to the unit where the addressee works for collection and then forwards them to the addressee.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Procedure Law

Article 88

Litigation documents shall be served directly on the addressee. If the addressee is a citizen, I will not give it to his adult family to sign for it; If the addressee is a legal person or other organization, it shall be signed by the legal representative of the legal person, the principal responsible person of other organizations or the responsible person of the legal person or organization; If the addressee has an agent ad litem, he may send it to his agent for signature; If the addressee appoints an agent to the people's court, it shall send it to the agent for signature.

The date of receipt by the adult family members of the addressee, the legal person or other organization responsible for receiving, litigation agent or agent shall be the date of delivery.

Article 90

With the consent of the addressee, the people's court may serve litigation documents by electronic means that can confirm receipt. If the addressee requests to provide paper documents, the people's court shall provide a written judgment, ruling or conciliation statement served by electronic means.

If it is delivered by the way mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the date when the delivered information reaches the addressee's specific system shall be the date of delivery.

Article 91

If it is difficult to serve litigation documents directly, it may entrust other people's courts to serve them on its behalf or by mail. If it is delivered by post, the date of receipt indicated on the receipt shall be the date of delivery.