"Service" means giving legally required notice to other parties that you have filed papers that may result in a court order that may affect them. The court papers can ONLY be delivered in a manner permitted by law, and proof of proper delivery must be filed with the court.

You may use the forms and instructions in this packet if...

• You understand that your case cannot proceed until you have provided proof to the court that notice has been given in a manner permitted by law.
• You understand that the law does NOT permit you (or a friend or relative) to hand-deliver the papers to the other party unless he or she (and no one else) will sign an "Acceptance of Service" form in front of a Notary or Clerk of the Superior Court, and return the form for you to file with the Court.
  
  

*NEW* Change in process effective 8/13/2026
When serving an inmate housed in an Arizona State Prison, mailing instructions have changed. 
The copy sent with a return confirmation (return receipt or signature confirmation) must be mailed to the following address. The sender must also include the following information on the envelope, or the mail may be rejected: 
     1) the sender’s full return address on the envelope, including first and last name, and
     2) The words “FAMILY COURT FILING” written along the bottom of the front of the envelope.

Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry
Inmate’s Full First and Last Name + ADCRR Number
Prison Complex, Assigned Unit
801 E Jefferson Street
Phoenix, AZ 85034

The copy sent by first-class mail must be mailed to the following address. The sender must include their full return address on the envelope, including their first and last name.

Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry
Inmate’s Full First and Last Name + ADCRR Number
Prison Complex, Assigned Unit
P.O. Box 211309
Dallas, TX 75211

You can look up inmate numbers, along with prison complex and assigned unit information for the address if not known.

Note that the packet below contains forms and instructions for serving court papers in Family Court cases only.