RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE - Supreme Court

(4) By United States ordinary mail after a returned United States certified or expressmail envelope or return of the commercial carrier shows that it was refused;(5) By United States ordinary mail after a United States certified or express mailenvelope is returned with an endorsement stating that it was unclaimed, provided that the UnitedStates ordinary mail envelope is not returned by the postal authorities showing failure of delivery;(6) By publication once each week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper ofgeneral circulation in the county when the name, usual place of residence, or existence of theperson to be served is unknown and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained; providedthat before publication may be utilized, the person giving notice shall file an affidavit whichstates that the name, usual place of residence, or existence of the person to be served is unknownand cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained;(7) By other method as the court may direct.Civ.R. 4.2 shall apply in determining who may be served and how particular persons orentities must be served.(F) Proof of service of notice; when service of notice complete. When service ismade through the court, proof of service of notice shall be in the same manner as proof of serviceof summons.When service is made without court intervention, proof of service of notice shall be madeby affidavit. When service is made by United States certified or express mail or by commercialcarrier service, the return receipt which shows delivery shall be attached to the affidavit. Whenservice is made by United States ordinary mail, the prior returned certified or express mailenvelope which shows that the mail was refused or unclaimed shall be attached to the affidavit.Service of notice by United States ordinary mail shall be complete when the fact ofmailing is entered of record except as stated in division (E)(5) of this rule. Service by publicationshall be complete at the date of the last publication.(G) Waiver of service of notice. Civ. R. 4(D) shall apply in determining who maywaive service of notice.(H) Forms used in probate practice. Forms used in proceedings in the probatedivision of the courts of common pleas shall be those prescribed in the rule applicable to standardprobate forms in the Rules of Superintendence. Forms not prescribed in such rule may be used aspermitted in that rule.Blank forms reproduced for use in probate practice for any filing to which the ruleapplicable to specifications for printing probate forms of the Rules of Superintendence appliesshall conform to the specifications set forth in that rule.