I live in CA. I received a summons in the mail today that was filed in late Oct 2006 by legal dept of collection agency. Is this a proper way to serve someone? It says on the summons I have 30 days to respond after the summons and legal papers have been served. I am confused. Have I been officially served? If so, is the 30 days to file a response from the date I received the summons. How would the court know when I received the summons? I just want to be sure of how much time I have.
A friend told me that they are just mailing me the summons and will officially serve me later.


