Introductory provisions
section 1 of this Act apply when the service to be performed in case or case
the Court or other authority, or when the service in other
cases should be carried out in accordance with the law.
If the law is a provision that
deviating from this law, the terms of that provision.
section 2 of the Service means that a document be sent or given
to the person or persons who are authorized to receive
service or to any other procedures provided for
This law is used.
The one who alone or together with any jurisdiction
against the service designated in this act as service recipients.
Provisions concerning the recipients of service see
11-15 sections.
Notification in accordance with this law is carried out by means of service
-ordinary service (§§ 16-18),
-oral service (§§ 19-21),
-simplified notification (22-26 sections),
-special service with legal personality (§§ 27-30),
-stämningsmannadelgivning (31-46 sections), and
-announcement service (47-51 sections).
paragraph 3 of the service by a person residing abroad may take place if
the State in which service is to take place so permits.
For service referred to in the first subparagraph, the law on the
foreign capital applied, whether it would not be contrary to the
Swedish general principles of law.
A notice of a victim, a witness, expert or
any referred to in chapter 36. the second and third subparagraphs of paragraph 1 of the
the code of judicial procedure, to be served abroad, must not take place at the
penalty, subject to the Act (1974:752) of Nordic
obligation to give evidence. Team (2013:877).
4 § method should be selected on the basis of the
to be effective with regard to the content of the document
and the scope and cause as little costs and inconvenience
possible.
The service must not be done in a way that is inappropriate in view of
the circumstances in the case of service.
4 (a) of section Contains an application for assistance with the service in the
Sweden a request that a certain procedure for derogation
from this law is to be used, it must be applied, unless it
would be contrary to Swedish general principles of law.
For assistance with the service in Sweden receives notification of a
document written in or translated into another
language than Swedish or a language resulting from a
international agreement which is binding for Sweden,
be made only with the consent of the recipient of service if it is not
is clear that he or she understands the other language.
Team (2013:877).
section 5 Of an act as an authority shall serve a person is
comprehensive or it is inappropriate to send
or leave the action, the Agency may decide that the document
Instead, during certain period of time should be kept at the disposal of the authority
or elsewhere as authority decides. A message
If the content is to be served.
The first subparagraph shall not apply to service of a document
initiates a proceeding before a court or other authority.
The first paragraph does attachments to such an act.
section 6 of the provisions of this Act on the service of a document
apply for service by other than action.
Who will ensure that service is effected, etc.
section 7 an authority dealing with a case or matter to see
the service is effected.
section 8 Asks a party or someone who has similar status to
to ensure that service is effected and it is not inappropriate,
the Agency may decide on this. The authority shall in its decision
specify a fixed period within which proof of service shall be submitted
to the authority. Have proof of service not filed
within the prescribed time limit, the authority shall ensure that notification
takes place.
section 9 A person must ensure that service is effected without
the context of a case or matter may turn to a
the County Board or, if service is to be carried out abroad,
to the County Administrative Board of Stockholm for assistance with
the service.
The Government may provide for conditions for
assistance with the service of documents abroad referred to in the first subparagraph.
The County Board shall reject a request for notification of
the prescribed application fee has not been paid.
Team (2013:877).
section 10 When a person must ensure that service is effected according to 8
or section 9, only ordinary service and
stämningsmannadelgivning be used. When the provincial Government assists
individual with service under section 9 may, however, also be attested
by special service with legal persons and public notice-
service of process.
Certificate of service recipients
Service by a natural person
11 § with regard to service with an individual he or she
certificate of service recipients.
Has an individual representative who is competent to
represent him or her in the thing, are in place
Representative for service recipients. If there is any reason to
It is the physical person and the representative together
certificate of service recipients.
Service by State
12 § with regard to service with the State is a person who is competent to
receive notification when the authority to monitor State
right in the matter of service recipients.
If it's not of the law States that a particular
authority to monitor State's right in the thing is the Attorney General,
or any other person authorized to receive service of process
for the Attorney General's behalf, the service receiver.
Service with other legal person other than the State
section 13 for service with other legal person other than the State is a
person who has the right of representation of the legal person
certificate of service recipients. If more than one is competent, together, are each
and one of them recipients of service. An Executive Director in the
a limited company is always of service recipients.
Have a try to service by service recipients in accordance with
the first paragraph has failed or is deemed such a
process server testing effort, is a substitute for a
competent Deputy, or vice
Director in a limited company, certificate of service recipients. The alternate
or the Deputy Executive Director shall ensure that the document
as soon as it can be left to someone who has the right to
representation of the legal person.
Service with a partner in the community, etc.
14 § with regard to service with a partner in a community or with
members of the Association are, unless section 13 applies,
also a member of the Board of directors or other designated to manage
samfällighetens or Association Affairs
certificate of service recipients. There is neither the Board of directors or managers,
is someone who has the right to convene them to decide in
samfällighetens or Association Affairs
certificate of service recipients.
Have a try to the notification referred to in the first subparagraph
failed or is deemed such a process server testing
hopeless, is a substitute for a member of the Board of Directors
certificate of service recipients. The alternate shall ensure that the document
as soon as it can be left to someone who has the right to
represent the shareholders or members or inform them that
provided with the service.
Service by anyone who has a delegate
section 15 Is the one with which the service should be a representative is
competent to accept the document is also the Attorney
certificate of service recipients. Such agents and action
be provided to a recipient of service within the meaning of §§ 11-14, should
the agent is informed of this.
The first subparagraph shall not apply if the document contains a
injunction for the addressee to perform any
personally.
Ordinary service
How ordinary service go to
section 16 of the Regular Service is effected by action addressee
sent or submitted to the service recipient.
When regular service may be used
section 17 of the ordinary service may be used for all service.
Only authority may by ordinary service send the document on
electronic means.
Time of service
section 18 of the ordinary service have occurred when the
certificate of service recipients have received the document.
If a postal item has been retrieved by bid, should the action be considered to
have been received by the service recipient when mailing
taken by the bid.
Oral service
How oral service go to
19 § Oral notification is effected by adding the contents of the
document to be served is read up to the service recipient.
Such service may also refer to a vocation, an injunction
or another decision that has not yet been written.
Action or decision, then it's got to be in writing,
to be sent or given to the recipient of the service if it can
occur and not deemed unnecessary.
When oral notification may be used
20 § Oral service may be used by an agency if
notification to occur in a case or matter.
Oral service may not be used in the service of a
Act that initiates a procedure.
Time of service
section 21 Oral notification was effected when the content referred to in
section 19 has been read.
Simplified notification
The simplified notification goes to
section 22 of the Simplified service is effected by the Act to be
be served is sent to the recipient of service and that the
the following day sent a control message that
the document has been sent.
section 23 by the simplified notification shall document and
the token is sent to the service recipient's last
known address.
If the service recipient's last known address cannot be used
gets the document and the token is sent to the
service recipient's registered address if such address
exists and is different from that used in the document
passed under the first subparagraph.
When simplified notification may be used
24 § Simplified service may be used by an authority in the
notification to the party or have similar status in
a goal or purpose, if it has been advised of the
Authority will accept can be used in
the goal or the case.
Simplified service may not be used in the service of a
Act that initiates a procedure.
25 § Information pursuant to section 24 of the first subparagraph shall be served by
ordinary service, oral service, special service with
legal person or stämningsmannadelgivning under 32 or
38 §.
Notification in accordance with the first paragraph need not be done if someone has
given in a document in the case or matter and information
This is provided in close proximity to the action has
received by the authority.
Time of service
section 26 of the Simplified notification has occurred when two weeks have
elapsed from the time the Act was passed, if
the token has been submitted in the prescribed manner and the
not in the circumstances seem unlikely
the document arrived in this time.
Special notification to legal person
How special service with legal person goes to
section 27 of the Special service of legal persons is done by
the document to be served is sent to the legal person
and to the next working day will be sent a
control message that the document has been sent.
section 28 At special service with legal personality should act
and the token is sent to the mail address that is
registered for the legal entity in such a register
referred to in section 29.
When special service with legal personality may be used
section 29 Particular service with legal personality may be used by a
authority if an attempt at ordinary service or simplified
the service has failed in the same case or a service
such attempts of service deemed hopeless with regard to service
with
1. limited company which is registered in the companies register,
2. economic associations, housing associations, cooperative
rental and building cooperatives and sambruksföreningar registered
in the register of associations,
3. General partnership, limited partnership, non-profit associations and
registered religious communities registered in the
trade register,
4. banking company, savings banks and member banks
registered in the bank register,
5. insurance company and mutual insurance companies
registered in the register of insurance,
6. European company which is registered in the European companies register, and
7. cooperatives registered in
European cooperative register.
Time of service
section 30 of the Special service of legal persons has occurred when two
weeks have elapsed from the time the Act was passed, if
the token has been submitted in the prescribed manner and the
not in the circumstances seem unlikely
the document arrived in this time.
Stämningsmannadelgivning
How stämningsmannadelgivning going to
31 § Stämningsmannadelgivning is done by a person who
According to section 40 is authorized to perform such service leave
the document to be served in any of the ways specified in 32-38
sections and documents the action.
Stämningsmannadelgivning when the service recipient is encountered
32 section At stämningsmannadelgivning to the document submitted to the
the recipient of service if he or she is found.
Refuse to accept the receiver to accept the document to the
be left on site, if it is not inappropriate given
to the circumstances.
section 33 Of the document to be served is not available when
a certificate of service recipients are found, may, if
stämningsmannadelgivning rather than a written communication
with the information contained in the document to be served.
The document to be sent or submitted to the service recipient
If this can be done and not deemed unnecessary.
Stämningsmannadelgivning by document submitted to a
person other than the recipient of service
34 section At stämningsmannadelgivning, the Act in cases like
set out in sections 35 and 36 provided to a person other than the person
certificate of service recipients. The plot may be granted only to a
person agrees to it and who is not a counterparty in the same
case or case to the addressee.
A notification of that notification in accordance with the first subparagraph is
happened and who the document has been submitted to be sent to
the recipient of service.
section 35 Of the service recipient has known domicile in Sweden but
is not found there, the document may be submitted to an adult member
of the households that the recipient belongs to and which
found in or immediately adjacent to the residence.
section 36 Of the service recipient is not found in the workplace
during normal working hours, the plot is left to his
or her employer. With employer means a person in
a managerial or comparable position or Manager
for the staff activity on
service recipient's office location.
37 § anyone who has received the document in accordance with § 35 or 36 to
make sure that the document is provided to the recipient service so
soon it may be. The service will provide information on
This obligation when the document is submitted.
Stämningsmannadelgivning by the Act left in or
connection to service the recipient's domicile
38 section At stämningsmannadelgivning, the Act is given in
service recipient's place of residence or at the appropriate place in
connection to his or her place of residence, if
1. method of service recipient is not found there,
2. documents cannot be submitted according to 34-36 sections,
3. it cannot be clarified was the recipient of service are
itself, and
4. the taking into account of what has transpired in the current
accept the case or at the second service try
service recipient is reason to believe that he or
She has absconded or otherwise stay away.
Time of service
39 § Stämningsmannadelgivning under 32, 33 or 38 § has
occurred when the action or the written notification has
submitted in the prescribed manner, or if the recipient of service has
refused to accept the document or message.
Stämningsmannadelgivning according to 34-37 sections have been
the Act has been provided and the notification has been sent.
Who gets to perform the stämningsmannadelgivning
40 § Stämningsmannadelgivning may be carried out by judicial officer
or by any person who is employed by
-Police authorities,
– Security police,
– Public Prosecutor,
– General Court,
– General Administrative Court,
– Swedish enforcement authority,
– The Revenue Commissioners,
— Swedish foreign mission, and
– authorized service company.
Stämningsmannadelgivning may be carried out by staff of the
each establishment of the recipient of service is set out in the
– correctional,
– custody,
– such a collection unit referred to in paragraph 5 of the Act (1991:1137)
about RPU,
– such a health care facility within the meaning of section 6 of the first subparagraph, the law
(1991:1129) on forensic psychiatric care,
– such a hospital facility referred to in section 15, first subparagraph
Act (1991:1128) on involuntary psychiatric,
– such a home within the meaning of section 12 of the Act (1990:52) with special
provisions on the care of the young, or
– such home referred to in section 22 of the Act (1988:870) the care of
drug users in some cases. Law (2014:647).
The appointment of judicial officers
41 § Police appoints judicial officers.
Law (2014:647).
Police the right to open mail
42 § Police may open an item that has
submitted to the Agency for stämningsmannadelgivning, if it
needed, to allow the forwarding of the content within the
authority for the service. However, this does not apply if
the client has specified that the shipment may not be
opens. Law (2014:647).
Vendor's
43 § property owners, tomträttshavare, tenant or
holders of residential leases shall, on request of the
stämningsmannadelgivning State whether service recipient is
living on the property or in the apartment or otherwise
have space there.
44 section an employer is obliged, upon request of the
stämningsmannadelgivning State whether service recipient is
employed by him or her and, if so, indicate the
service recipient's working hours, workplace and other
conditions relating to employment and to facilitate the
the service.
45 § Disclosure under sections 43 and 44 shall not apply to the
in those circumstances, to accept the receiver
specified in chapter 36. section 3 of the code of judicial procedure.
Access to individual area is home
§ 46 judicial officer and any person who is employed by
Police, security police, public prosecutor, General
Court, General Administrative Court, bailiff,
The tax agency and authorized service companies have the right to
get access to individual area is home for
to execute stämningsmannadelgivning.
A police officer who refused such access may, at the discretion of
The police and the security police, self prepare
to access. If any other person referred to in the first
the paragraph is refused access, to provide Police assistance
If the person so requests. Law (2014:647).
Proclamation service
How to order the service, go to
47 § Release notification is effected by that authority decides
to the document to be served is held available some time in
authority or elsewhere and a message about this
and if the main content of the decision within 10 days of
the decision is announced and in some cases given to know otherwise
in accordance with what is specified in §§ 48-50.
Release notification when the recipient of service has no known
residence or evading service of process
48 § Release notification may take place
1. where the recipient of service has no known domicile and it does not
can be clarified where he or she resides,
2. If the conditions for stämningsmannadelgivning according to
38 section are met, or
3. If the conditions for the simplified notification are met
but such an address referred to in section 23 is missing.
A notification referred to in section 47 should be entered in the postal and
Official Gazette and, if there are reasons for this, in
ortstidning. If public notice service referred to in the first subparagraph have
and then new notification shall be made in the same case or
case, get the message, rather than being set aside in local authority.
Release notification when an indefinite circuit or a large
number of persons to be served
§ 49 Order notification may take place
1. If an indefinite circuit to be served,
2. If a large number of people to be served and the
the purpose of the service is not reasonable for the service
happens to every one of them, or
3. If a partner in the community or members of the Association
to be served, there is no that are recipients of service
for them, as set out in paragraph 14 and the shareholders or
Members are more than ten.
A notification referred to in section 47 should be entered in the postal and
Official Gazette and, if there are reasons for this, in
ortstidning. The service in such a case referred to in
the first paragraph 2 refers to persons who rent or otherwise holds
apartments on the same property to the message also posted
within the property in an appropriate manner.
A message notification to be sent to someone or
some of them that the service intends to be available
for all those provided with the service. Includes a State
authority or a municipality from among those referred to in the notification,
the message will always be sent to the authority or municipality.
Public notification when a legal person has not fulfilled
their registration obligations
50 § Release notification may take place
1. If a legal person referred to in section 29 does not have a registered
postal address which can be used for special service with
legal person, or
2. If a legal person contrary to the provisions in
does not have a registered competent representatives and anyone in Sweden
living person has not been appointed to the legal person,
behalf to receive service of process and attempt to service with other
applicable methods have failed or attempt
deemed hopeless.
A notification referred to in section 47 should be entered in the postal and
Official Gazette.
If the entity has a registered postal address in
such a case referred to in the first subparagraph 2 a message
the notification will be sent to this address.
Time of service
§ 51 Release notification has occurred when two weeks have
After the decision on the release notification, if announcement
and other prescribed actions have taken place at the right time.
Appeal
52 § County Board's decision in procedural matters under 9 and
10 sections and to reject under section 9 may be appealed to the General
Administrative Court. Leave to appeal is required on appeal
to the cams right.
Transitional provisions
2010:1932
1. This law shall enter into force on 1 april 2011, then
procedural law (1970:428) expires.
2. Older provisions apply where a decision on notification in accordance with
15-17 sections method law (1970:428) has been taken before 1
April 2011 or if the document has been sent or submitted before
This time.
