Does the court's judgment require the signature of the parties to take effect?

The court's judgment does not have to be signed by the parties to take effect. For the first-instance judgment, it usually takes time to sign and appeal before the judgment takes effect. If it cannot be served in person, by lien or by post, it can be served by public announcement without the parties' signing. The judgment of the second instance shall take effect as of the date when the judgment is made.

Legal analysis

It is best to receive the judgment in person. If you are busy, you can entrust an agent ad litem, relatives or other relatives and friends to collect it on your behalf. You can also ask the court to mail it. First, generally speaking, the court's judgment is served by the court. Second, the way for the court to serve the judgment: 1. Direct service, also known as service, refers to the way that the people's court sends a special person to directly serve the litigation documents to the addressee for signature. Direct delivery is the most basic mode of delivery. In other words, everything that can be served directly should be served directly to prevent the delay of litigation and ensure the smooth progress of litigation procedures. 2. Service by lien means that the addressee refuses to serve the litigation documents unreasonably, and the addressee shall place the litigation documents at the addressee's residence and have the legal effect of service. 3. Entrusted service means that when the people's court in charge of hearing civil cases has difficulty in directly serving litigation documents, it entrusts other people's courts to serve them on its behalf according to law. Entrusted service and direct service have the same legal effect. 3. Delivery by post means that the people's court sends the documents served to the addressee by registered mail through the post office. 4. Service refers to the way that the people's court sends the litigation documents to the unit where the addressee works for collection and then forwards them to the addressee.

legal ground

People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Procedure Law

Article 85 Litigation documents shall be served directly on the addressee. If the addressee is a citizen, I will not give it to his adult family to sign for it; If the addressee is a legal person or other organization, it shall be signed by the legal representative of the legal person, the principal responsible person of other organizations or the responsible person of the legal person or organization; If the addressee has an agent ad litem, he may send it to his agent for signature; If the addressee appoints an agent to the people's court, it shall send it to the agent for signature. The date of delivery is the date when the adult family members, legal persons or other organizations of the addressee are responsible for receiving and the litigation agent or agent signs for it.

Article 88 If it is difficult to directly serve litigation documents, other people's courts may be entrusted to serve them on their behalf or by post. If it is delivered by post, the date of receipt indicated on the receipt shall be the date of delivery.