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===Deadlines=== Most states have a deadline for completing service of process after filing of the [[summons]] and [[complaint]]. In New York, for example, service must be completed in 120 days after filing for almost all cases,<ref>NY CPLR Β§ 306-b, found at [http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS NY Assembly website]. Retrieved September 24, 2008. (The exception is in [[election law]], which is 15 days.)</ref> and [[Hawaii state circuit court]]s require service in a civil lawsuit must be effected within six months from commencing suit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.hi.us/jud/ctrules/rcch.pdf|title=Hawaii Circuit Court Rule 28|website=www.state.hi.us/}}</ref>
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