State of Alabama
Unified Judicial System
Form SM-7 Rev. 6/07
SMALL CLAIMS
SUMMONS
Case Number
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF _________________________________________________________________, ALABAMA
(Name of County)
__________________________________________ v._______________________________________
Plaintiff Defendant
Plaintiff’s Defendant’s
Home Address Home Address
Plaintiff’s Attorney’s (if applicable) Additional
Address Defendant(s)
and Addresses
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT:
The Statement of Claim (Complaint) which is attached to this summons is important and you must take immediate action
to protect your rights. You or your attorney are required to mail or hand deliver a copy of a written answer either admitting or
denying each allegation in the Statement of Claim (Complaint) to the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s attorney(s) shown above or in the
attached document. Fill out the enclosed answer form and deliver or mail it to the court clerk.
This answer must be mailed or delivered within 14 days after this summons and Statement of Claim (Complaint) were
delivered to you or a judgment by default may be entered against you for the money or other things demanded in the Statement
of Claim (Complaint). You must also file the original of your answer with the clerk of this court.
INSTRUCTIONS TO SHERIFF OR PROCESS SERVER
( ) To any sheriff or any person authorized by Rule 4 of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure: You are hereby commanded
to serve this summons and a copy of the Statement of Claim (Complaint) in this action upon defendant(s).
( ) This service by certified mail of this summons is initiated upon the written request of ________________________
pursuant to Rule 4 of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure.
__________________________________ ____________________________________________________
Date Clerk
Clerk’s Address: _______________________________________
_
_____________________________________
RETURN ON SERVICE:
( ) Certified mail return receipt in this office on (Date) _________________________
(Return Receipt hereto attached)
( ) I certify that I personally delivered a copy of the summons and Statement of Claim (Complaint) to
_________________________________________________________________________________
in ___________________________________, Alabama on (Date) ___________________________
(Name of County)
____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
Date Printed Name of Server
____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
Server’s Address Server’s Signature
____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
Server’s Telephone Number Title of Server
____________________________________________
Server’s E-mail Address
