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What Is a Private Process Server?
When you need legal papers served, you can opt to have them served by the local sheriff’s department, or you can hire a process server. But what is a private process server? What’s a Private Process Server? A private process server is just another term for a process server. Rather…
Process Service Means Thinking Outside the Box
Because we’re located so close to the seat of the U.S. government, our process servers are often asked to serve high-profile clients. Over the years, we’ve been tasked with serving celebrities, sports stars, owners of large corporations, and politicians. In many cases, these individuals are surrounded by a security detail…
How Long Does It Take to Serve Papers?
One question new clients frequently ask us is: How long will it take to serve my papers? While we always aim to be speedy in our process serving duties, there are a variety of factors that go into how long it takes our team to successfully complete service of process…
What Types of Technology Do Process Servers Use to Find People?
Process serving as a profession is often a game of hide and seek, with defendants and witnesses trying to avoid being found. To help us find people who need to be served, even if they aren’t attempting to give us the slip, process servers use a variety of technologies and…
How Process Servers Avoid Breaking the Law When Serving Papers
Process serving can be a difficult, dangerous job. It also can be a confusing one, understanding exactly what can and cannot be done when serving papers. Inexperienced process servers can fall into a trap of breaking the laws, especially where there are fine lines between what’s legal and what’s not….
5 Tips for Getting Started With Genealogy Research at Home
Digging up information on ancestors is a hobby for many, whether they’re motivated by a need to find their lost relatives or they just really want to learn more about their family history. And while all the big, fancy databases certainly make genealogy research much easier, it also can put…
Process Serving in the Workplace — Your Questions Answered
Most people want to keep their personal and professional lives separate. This is especially true when it involves bringing any legal trouble into the workplace. However, because defendants and witnesses can be difficult to pin down at home for a variety of reasons, sometimes process servers have to resort to…
What Kinds of Papers Does a Process Server Serve?
Professional process servers are tasked with delivering a variety of legal documents to defendants, witnesses, and entities involved in court cases. But a process server’s job is more than just serving divorce papers and subpoenas. Here are some of the types of legal papers process servers are asked to serve:…
SCOTUS Rescinds Previous COVID-19 Rule Changes
The United States Supreme Court has rescinded several rule changes that were ordered on March 19, 2020, and April 15, 2020. These orders were put in place in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, with the goal of making Court operations safer and more flexible. As of July 19, 2021, the…
What’s the Difference Between an Affidavit & a Declaration?
When working with legal documents, it’s common to come across two different types of paperwork that accompany those documents: Affidavits and Declarations. While both types of documents are admissible in court, many judges prefer Affidavits over Declarations. What Is an Affidavit? An Affidavit is a sworn statement signed by the…