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It is possible, but very remote. In this day and age, it is usually pretty easy to find someone to serve them with a lawsuit. But there are exceptions to every rule. If you can show due diligence in attempting to personally serve a defendant with a lawsuit and you just can find them, you can apply to the court for service by publication. This means you can have have notice of the lawsuit published in the paper and that can be legally valid service. I have done this once in my 12 years in practice, but it very rarely happens.
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