Thanks for the response . Just a few questionsI ' ve done some Googling admittedly , not the best research . From what I ' ve read , what I can gather is this 1 Contrary to popular belief , a summons does not have to be delivered in person . It can be sent in the mail . This could be the problem , as I lived in a separate address for about 4 months . It was a house that I was renting , but the house is now up for sale . If the summons was sent to that address , might that make it a valid summons ? I ' ve read that a summons sent via the postal service is valid 2 I ' ve also read that if a summons is not deliveredreceived , then the judge just postpones the case instead of throwing it out , until the summons can finally be delivered . Truth be told , if I could get out of this on some loophole i . e . , I don ' t receive my summons , then great however , since I am willing to pay , I don ' t want to bank on a legal technicality , only to have it screw me over . Any thoughts on this ? I don ' t want to make the mistake of assuming the processor messed up , when in fact , perhaps they delivered my summons to an address where I no longer preside , yet the summons is still considered served . nbspEDIT In case I wasn ' t clear , everything I said in this response is simply what I ' ve concluded after some research . Please feel free to put me in my place if I ' m wrong in my assumptions