Chapter 2 - FORM 2-1 : SUMMONS—DISTRICT COURT (JDF 600)

• Jurisdiction: Colorado

Form 2-1: Summons—District Court (JDF 600)

District Court, __________, Colorado Court Address:	▲ COURT USE ONLY ▲
Plaintiff: v. Defendant:
	Case Number: Division: Courtroom:
DISTRICT COURT CIVIL SUMMONS

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 20 days after such service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 30 days after such service upon you. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

Dated: __________

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Clerk of Court/Clerk
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Signature of Plaintiff
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Address of Plaintiff
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Plaintiff's Phone Number

This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended. A copy of the Complaint must be served with this Summons. This form should not be used where service by publication is desired.

Case Name __________ v. __________ Case Number: __________

RETURN OF SERVICE

I declare under oath that I am 18 years or older and not a party to the action, and that I served this Summons and a copy of the Complaint in this case, on the __________ (Defendant), in __________ (Name of County/State) on __________ (date), at __________ (time), at the following location:

[ ] By handing the documents to a person identified to me as the Defendant.

[ ] By identifying the documents, offering to deliver them and then leaving them with a person identified to me as the Defendant who refused service. Physical description of person served: __________

[ ] By leaving the documents at the Defendant's usual place of abode with...