filing the complaint to evict;
(2) Division (F) of this section if the action relates to a deceased manufactured home park resident.
(D)(1) If requested, the clerk shall deliver sufficient copies of the summons, complaint, document, or other process to be served to, and service shall be made by, one of the following persons:
(a) The sheriff of the county in which the premises are located when the process issues from a court of common pleas or county court;
(b) The bailiff of the court for service when process issues from a municipal court;
(c) Any person who is eighteen years of age or older, who is not a party, and who has been designated by order of the court to make service of process when process issues from any of the courts referred to in divisions (D)(1)(a) and (b) of this section.
(2) The person serving process shall effect service at the premises that are the subject of the forcible entry and detainer action by one of the following means:
(a) By locating the person to be served at the premises to tender a copy of the process and accompanying documents to that person;
(b) By leaving a copy of the summons, complaint, document, or other process with a person of suitable age and discretion found at the premises if the person to be served cannot be found at the time the person making service attempts to serve the summons pursuant to division (D)(2)(a) of this section;
(c) By posting a copy in a conspicuous place on the subject premises if service cannot be made pursuant to divisions (D)(2)(a) and (b) of this section.
(3) Within five days after receiving the summons, complaint, document, or other process from the clerk for service, the person making service shall return the process to the clerk. The person shall indicate on the process which method described in