Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3004

Service of judicial papers on the Public Prosecution. An exception. Recourse thereto. Its condition: conducting sufficient inquiries to ascertain the place of residence of the recipient of service. Return of the document unserved is insufficient to pursue this exceptional course. - Assessing the inquiries preceding service on the Public Prosecution. A question of fact. Its condition. - The process server's proceeding to the respondent's place of residence to serve him, recording that he had left the residence, and thereafter effecting service through the Public Prosecution on the appellant's responsibility on the basis that his address was unknown, without conducting sufficient inquiries to ascertain the place of residence of the recipient of service. Its effect: invalidity of service, and the time limit for lodging a grievance against the payment order does not commence thereby.