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If you have a court case that you know is not going to be well received by the other party, you may be concerned about making sure that the party gets served accurately and timely so that your case can move forward. Although someone can try to avoid process servers so that they can put off court proceedings, someone cannot outright refuse service of process in Florida. Here’s what you need to know about difficult-to-serve individuals. Perseverance Wins the Day

You have probably already heard several reasons why you should hire a private process server over using the sheriff’s department for service of your court papers. Private process servers are often more determined, more available, and have a higher success rate, yet there are other reasons to hire a process server that you may not have considered. Involvement of Politics It is an unfortunate truth that politics greatly affect the sheriff’s ability to serve papers. Although they have a responsibility

Message from the Founder Florida House Bill 91 Has Been Signed Over the past several years, our state association (FAPPS) has been working our our lobbyist to amend some of the verbiage in the Statutes that pertain to service of process. While some of the changes are minimal, such as changing the wording from may to shall in 48.021, some changes are pretty big. One of the big changes is that Process Servers are now allowed to electronically sign Returns

When you need papers delivered for your court case, you want to know that you have the best. You may think that you cannot find a good price, high quality, and great customer service from one company. Yet this is exactly what you should expect from your process server. Let’s break it down. Price The cheapest price available may not be from the best process server. Often cheaper prices mean that the process server does not offer high quality service.

Message from the Founder The 2019 NAPPS Convention found it’s way to Orlando, FL this year. The Accurate Serve team was out in full force. The Convention kicked off Thursday May 2 with the annual NAPPS golf tournament. Accurate Serve put together one fierce foursome: Beau Charlet, Brandon Muscato, Brennan Fogarty and Derek Keating (see pic, pictured from left to right). The best ball tournament was won by this AS team with an amazing score of -10 under par. After

One of the nightmares that people sometimes face with a process server is getting to court and finding out that service never actually occurred. Unfortunately, there are some process servers out there that will document service when they didn’t actually perform service. New York has recently passed new legislation about process service that guarantees this does not happen. It may be a matter of time before such legislation becomes commonplace across the country. The New Rules The new rules for

Message from the Founder Recent FAPPS Convention & Learning Opportunities The Florida Association of Professional Process Servers (FAPPS) recently held their annual convention in Lake Mary, FL. The convention was well attended by the Accurate Serve family. Friday night’s reception leads in to the poker tournament where Team Member Josh Kes, from our Daytona Beach office, placed third. He has finished in the top 3, 2 of the past 3 years. Saturday’s events include educational classes, a luncheon and an

Message from the Founder It’s Official! We have exciting news, Accurate Serve of Gainesville will be open for business April 1, 2019. New Owner/Operator, Jared Williams, is currently attending franchise training. Jared is a great addition to the Accurate Serve family and we are happy to have him on board. Accurate Serve of Gainesville will cover the entire 8th Circuit, and Putnam County, for the AS team. So, if you are an Attorney in one of these counties: Alachua, Baker,

You may be aware that the sheriff department handles process service for the courts. You may not be aware that you do not have to use the sheriff to have your papers served. You are able to use a private process server that is certified by the courts. There are several good reasons to use a private process server instead of the sheriff. Speed of Service The sheriff’s department has a lot of responsibilities, many of them more important than

Message from the Founder The Groundhog Results Every February 2, the world turns to the groundhog to predict the weather and either gives us good news or bad. Luckily for us, this year, Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow. Great news one and all, an early spring is in store for us. What does that mean for the process serving industry? Well, in FL, not much. But for our colleagues in the northern states, this is great news.  Some states