Section 402. Summons; time to appear and answer  


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  • (a)  If the summons is personally delivered to the defendant, it shall
      require him to appear and answer on a day not less  than  six  nor  more
      than thirty days after its service.
        (b) If the summons is served:
        1. by delivery to a person, including an actual or statutory designee,
      other than the defendant; or
        2. by publication; or
        3.  by  any  means  other  than personal delivery to the defendant, it
      shall provide that the defendant must appear and answer  on  a  day  not
      less than six nor more than thirty days after service is complete.
        (c)  The  specific  return  day  of the summons shall be determined by
      rule, or, in the absence of rule, by inquiry of the court, and shall not
      be set forth in the summons until so ascertained by the plaintiff.