{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:78","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Agent to Accept Service","number":"78","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/78/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK II — CIVIL PROCEDURE IN GENERAL","title":"TITLE II — PARTIES","chapter":"Chapter 2 — Agents, Pleaders and Interpreters"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"Besides the agents described in the preceding Articles, any person residing within the jurisdiction of the court may be appointed an agent to accept service of process.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/78/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":63,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/63/?article=78&paragraph=p1#article-78-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"Such appointment shall be made in writing, signed by the principal and filed with the court.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/78/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":63,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/63/?article=78&paragraph=p2#article-78-p2"}]}],"caution":"This is the English-language edition published in 2015 and attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Refworld labels it an unofficial translation. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force."}