IMPORTANT!!!!!!!! USE THIS FORM ONLY IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE RESPONDENT IS. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION If you do not know where the Respondent resides, you must serve the Respondent by publishing a notice in the Fulton County legal organ. The legal organ is the newspaper that publishes legal notice for Fulton County. The legal organ for Fulton County is the Daily Report. To do this you must complete the following steps: 1. Prepare your petition. Make sure that you state in your petition that it is being served by publication. 2. Make a diligent effort to locate Respondent. 3. Complete the Affidavit of diligent search form indicating you have made a diligent effort to locate Respondent. 4. Complete the Notice of Publication form. 5. Complete the top portion of the Order for Service by Publication. The Judge will sign the bottom portion if the Order is granted. In addition to the normal filing fee, you must also pay a publication fee. Please check with the Clerk of the Superior court to get the fee amount. American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF FULTON COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA Petitioner: _________________________ Civil Action File No. ________________ Respondent: ______________________ AFFIDAVIT OF DILIGENT SEARCH I am the Petitioner in this case. I am filing this Affidavit of Diligent Search under O.C.G.A. §9-11-4(f)(1)(A). I hereby swear and affirm, before a notary public, that the following information is true: 1. A diligent search has been made, and the Respondent cannot be found within the State. I do not know where the Respondent lives or where the Respondent can be found. 2. The last known address and telephone number I have for the Respondent is: To the best of my knowledge, the Respondent still lived at that address as of: ______________ (date), but no longer lives there. 3. I have made the following efforts to find the Respondent: Checked with Respondent's friends, relatives, employers, landlords or others I have listed below: (1) Name of Person Contacted:____________________________________ American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com Contact's Relationship with Respondent__________________________ __________________________________________________________ Date I contacted this person:___________________________________ Results of Contact/What they told me:____________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ (2) Name of Person Contacted:____________________________________ Contact's Relationship with Respondent__________________________ __________________________________________________________ Date I contacted this person:___________________________________ Results of Contact/What they told me:____________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ (3) Name of Person Contacted:____________________________________ Contact's Relationship with Respondent__________________________ __________________________________________________________ Date I contacted this person:___________________________________ Results of Contact/What they told me:____________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ (4) Name of Person Contacted:____________________________________ Contact's Relationship with Respondent__________________________ __________________________________________________________ Date I contacted this person:___________________________________ Results of Contact/What they told me:____________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Checked telephone information and directories, with the following results: __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com Service attempted at the Respondent's residence OR the Respondent's last known last known place of employment, which was at the following address:_____________________________________ _____________________________________________________________. The following other efforts, with the following results: _________________ _____________________________________________________________. _________________________________ Petitioner (Sign in front of the Notary) Sworn to and subscribed before me, this _____day of_____________ , 20______. ____________________________________ NOTARY PUBLIC My Commission expires: American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF FULTON COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA Petitioner: and Respondent: ___________________ Civil Action File No.________________ NOTICE OF PUBLICATION To: By Order for Service by Publication dated ________ day of_______________, ______. You are hereby notified that on the ________ day of ________________, _______, the Petitioner filed suit against you for __________________________(name of petition). You are required to file with the Clerk of the Superior Court of Fulton County, and to serve upon the Petitioner (name)_____________________________ at this address ______________________________________________________an answer to the complaint within sixty (60) days of the date of the first publication of notice. Witness the Honorable _______________________________ Judge of this Court. This _______ day of __________________, ___________. _______________________________ Clerk, Superior Court of Fulton County American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF FULTON COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA Petitioner: __________________________ and Respondent: _________________________ Civil Action No.___________________ Service by Publication Dates: ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION It appearing by affidavit that the above named Respondent on whom service is to be made in this case resides out of the State, or has departed from the State, or after due diligence cannot be found within the State of Georgia, or conceals (him)(her)self to avoid service of the Summons, and it further appearing, either by affidavit or by verified complaint on file, that a claim exists against the Respondent in respect to