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Serving Legal Docs Takes Creativity

Serving legal documentation for the purposes of initiating a lawsuit or other legal proceedings can be quite challenging. The reality is that regardless of what culture or country you’re in, people don’t like being sued because when you get sued, it normally ends up with you losing money. That’s the bottom line. Most people don’t want to lose money and be inconvenienced. Whether they are paying money for a lawyer to defend them, or they have to cough up hard-earned

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The Best Process Servers Don’t Give Up

If you are a partner in a law firm or managing one and need to serve out a formal complaint or lawsuit to defendants or respondents, the whole process can get quite tricky. It might not be as simple as you think. The reason why this is the case stems from the basic and simple fact that people don’t like getting sued. And you’d be surprised as to how creative and sneaky people can get in avoiding personal service. In

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What are Skip Traces Used For?

Skip tracing is a term used in the industry for describing the process of locating a fugitive that cannot be found at any of their usual hangouts or at their home. The term skip refers to the individual that is being looked for and tracing is the term used to describe the act of finding the person. Skip traces are most often used by bounty hunters, bail bondsmen, private investigators, repossession agents, debt collectors and sometimes even journalists. How do

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Why Should You Call a Process Server?

If you are planning to take someone to court for any type of legal action, the person that you are filing against must be notified. While you can provide the person with the legal documents yourself, most of the time it is recommended that you call a process server. What a Process Server Does Legal process servers will serve legal documents to an individual or defendant who is involved with a court case. A process server must serve the legal

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Creative Ideas for Process Servers

Process servers have a tough time serving recipients. A lot of recipients just do not want to be served, and they will do anything and everything to evade the process server. That is why we’ve collected these few tips to help new process servers figure out how to serve their most evasive recipients. Make Use Of Props It is usually illegal to use a disguise or impersonate someone else. However, it might be legal in your local area to use

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Have You Ever Considered a Career as a Process Server?

If you are looking for a new job, or rather a new career change, you probably haven’t thought about becoming a process server, but a process server might be just the job for you. The job is hardly ever discussed outside of the legal community, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a great job. Most people will go an entire lifetime without ever interacting with a process server. The job is a whole lot more interesting and complex than it

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The Responsibilities of the Process Server

The process server has a number of responsibilities that can make the difference in the outcome of a court case. Basically, their job is to serve legal notices on defendants and other people who are involved in court cases, they are also responsible for retrieving some types of documents, filing court papers, and bringing forth evidence that legal papers have been delivered. They do this through a notarized document called an Affidavit of Service. What it Means to be “Served”

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Tenant Challenges to Evictions

Property owners in Florida have enlisted the help of online resources to assist them in evicting tenants without legal assistance. The main reason for avoiding the use of an attorney during an eviction process is to prevent paying costly legal fees. In some cases, this works out perfectly fine. Other times, however, vital processes are neglected. This costs property owners money and could potentially negate the entire eviction process. There are just as many online resources available to assist tenants

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Hire the Right Process Server

When you need a process server, make sure that you hire the right process server when you need to have legal documents served. If your papers aren’t served correctly, it could delay your case or even cause it to be dismissed, so you want to ensure it’s done right. Verification State and county laws vary for process servers, so some of these may not apply to your situation, but always ask to verify their license and registration.

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Hire a Local Process Server to Get the Job Done

When you need a process server to get the paperwork served quickly, you should contact a local company. There are a number of benefits over using the sheriff’s office or a national firm. Benefits of Hiring Local Local process servers generally cost less. If you need to serve documents out of town, the local person may charge you mileage. If the process server needs multiple attempts, the cost will go up exponentially. With a national service, they will find the

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