For increased safety, employees will ask the customer to step back a safe distance or close the screen door/door so that they may leave the item in the mail receptacle or appropriate location by the customer door.While maintaining a safe, appropriate distance, employees will request the customer’s first initial and last name.Avoid areas that may be frequently touched when knocking. Avoid ringing the doorbell when possible.The Postal Service details on its website the temporary modification to handling mail that requires customer signatures: 1 Rule 107(c) further requires: “When the citation was served by registered or certified mail as authorized by Rule 106, the return by the officer or authorized person must also contain the return receipt with the addressee’s signature.”īut COVID-19 has caused the Postal Service to change the signature requirements for Certified Mail in order to follow the CDC’s social distancing guidance and reduce chances for possible COVID-19 spread. The Texas Rules of Civil Procedure authorize citation to be served by mailing a copy of the citation and petition to the defendant by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested. But in the current COVID-19 climate, attorneys need to be on the lookout for developments in how service by certified mail is actually being carried out. Proper service is one of the first things that attorneys look for in lawsuits.
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