Which method involves leaving the documents at the individual's residence with a suitable person of appropriate age and discretion?

• A. Personal service
• B. Service by publication
• C. Substitute service
• D. Alternative service

Answer: (C)

Substitute service is the method described: when you can’t personally hand the documents to the recipient, you leave them at the person’s residence with someone who is an appropriate age and discretion to pass them along. This ensures the defendant has actual notice even if they aren’t available to receive the papers themselves, and the process requires selecting a responsible adult at the residence who is likely to convey the documents. The other methods aren’t about leaving papers with a suitable person at the home: personal service is direct hand-to-hand delivery to the individual, service by publication uses publication in a newspaper, and alternative service covers other court-approved methods when standard service isn’t feasible.