The new bill amending the Polish code of civil procedure
introduces significant changes to procedure for serving court
letters. The bill is controversial because it will abolish the
so-called "fiction of delivery", involve bailiffs in the
process of deliveries and transfer responsibility for the lack of
effective service to the plaintiff.
Current laws
A delivery will be made in principle by a postal operator or
court delivery service. If it is impossible to serve writs in a
normal way, a letter sent via a postal operator should be deposited
with the post office of that operator, placing a notice at the door
of the addressee's flat or in a mailbox with an indication of
where and when the letter was left, and instructions that the writ
should be collected within seven days from the date of the notice.
If the writ is not collected within such period, another notice
will be provided (the same steps apply). However, if the second
notification turns out to be
