DISMISSAL FOR WANT OF SERVICE

A diligent effort to effect service shall be made in all actions. An action or claim may be dismissed sua sponte with written notice to the plaintiff if no service is made within 12 months after the action or claim has been filed. Such dismissal may be set aside and the action or claim reinstated by order of the court for good cause shown upon motion duly filed not later than 10 days from the date of the order of dismissal . (Amended February 8, 1996, effective April 1, 1996; further amended November 27, 2007, effective January 1, 2008; further amended November 1, 2010, effective January 1, 2011.)