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This article tells about procedural meaning of service of notices of suspicion. So, a notice of suspicion is one of the most important procedural documents at the stage of pre-hearing investigation, and, process of providing in criminal proceedings is held with the help of procedural means to confirm or disprove rebut a person’s prosecution in committing a criminal offense. The document also provides person’s bringing to justice.

In the article the ways of service of a notice of suspicion to a person are explored. If it is impossible to serve a notice of suspicion by a prosecutor or an inspector, such document is served according to the way provided for calling and taking a person to court (p 11 articles 135, 136 Criminal Legal Code of Ukraine (CLC)). It can be sent by mail, e-mail or fax,  telegram or phoning (p. 1 article 135 CLC), when serving the document must be signed by an adult in the family or a person who lives with him/her, serving to a housing maintenance organization according to a place of residence or administration of working place (p. 2 article 135 CLC).

It is found out that service of a notice of suspicion must be provided by a prosucutor, an inspector or an attorney personally as the legal norm provides serving not handing over.

To ensure providing keeping and protection of human rights ways of improving the institute of service of a notice of suspicion are offered in terms of legislation.

Key words: a notice of suspicion, an allerged criminal, serving, a prosecutor, an inspector, means of postal communication.