§ 41-7-205 — Hearings; notification of nonresidents; personal service in lieu of posting for all persons

If any of the persons owning or entitled to possession of land
in said district are nonresidents of the county or counties in
which the proposed district lies, the petition shall be
accompanied by an affidavit giving the names and post office
address of each such nonresident, if such are known, and if
unknown shall state that, upon diligent inquiry their names or
post office addresses (whichever may be the fact) cannot be
ascertained. The clerk of the court shall mail a copy of the
notice aforesaid to each of said nonresident owners whose
post-office address is known, within six (6) days after the
first publication of the same. The certificate of the clerk of
the court, or other public officer, or the affidavit of any
other person who knows the facts, affixed to a copy of said
notice, shall be sufficient evidence of the posting, serving,
mailing or publication thereof. Personal service of said notice
on (or service by leaving at the last usual place of abode of)
all persons owning or entitled to possession of lands or
interest in lands within said district, shall give the court
complete jurisdiction, without posting, publication or mailing
of said notice.