If no one is able or willing to receive the copy of the document and if it is clear from the checks made by the bailiff, which will be mentioned in the document of service, that the addressee does indeed live at the address indicated, service is made at the addressee’s home. In this case, the bailiff will leave a notice at the addressee’s home or residence in accordance with the provisions of the last paragraph of article 655. This notice also states that the copy of the document must be collected as soon as possible from the bailiff’s office, against a receipt or a certificate of attendance, by the interested party or by any specially authorised person.
The copy of the document is kept at the office for three months. After this period, the judicial officer shall be discharged.
The judicial officer may, at the request of the addressee, transmit the copy of the document to another office where the addressee may collect it under the same conditions.