What Time Can a Process Server Serve Papers?
In Florida, process servers have a lot of leeway on when they are allowed to serve process recipients. In this post, we’ll discuss the service times allowed for individuals and businesses, along with a few restrictions.
Serving an Individual in Florida
At Home
There are no hard laws about when a process server can or cannot serve an individual in their home, however, common sense and decency should prevail. Depending on when the person is typically at home, we do not recommend attempting service before 6 a.m. or after 9 p.m. at a private residence. Continue reading
Why Should Law Firms Partner with a Legal Courier?
Legal courier services are a great way to securely and quickly transport legal documents. Not only do they save time and money, but they also ensure that important legal documents make it to their destination.
In this post, we’ll review what a legal courier is and why smart law firms use their valuable services:
What is a Legal Courier?
A legal courier is a company that provides secure and timely delivery of legal documents. Think of them as a secure messaging system that specializes in the legal industry. A legal courier can be used to deliver all types of legal materials, such as court filings, legal research, or trial exhibits. By partnering with a legal courier, law firms can focus on their core competencies and leave the task of document delivery to a professional. Continue reading
Tips and Tricks to Serve Process Effectively
Serving process requires organization, time management, and great attention to detail. There are many mistakes that can be made while the serving process, any of which could derail your client’s case and cause costly delays. Don’t let that happen! Follow these tips and tricks to serve process as efficiently as possible, keeping your clients happy and your reputation untarnished:
Know the Rules
You can’t be efficient in your job serving process if you don’t know and play by the rules. Florida is one of the strictest states in the nation in terms of laws for process servers, so it is vital that you are familiar with not only state laws, but also laws that apply in the county or judicial circuit where you plan to work. Continue reading
Why You Should Use a Process Server and Not the Local Sheriff’s Office
If you’re filing a civil case in Marion, Hernando, Lake, Sumter, or Citrus counties, you have the option of using the local Sheriff’s office or a certified private process server to serve the process for your case. You may be wondering why you would choose a private process server over law enforcement. in this post, we’ll discuss the advantages of using a reputable, competent private process agency like Accurate Serve® of Ocala, Clermont, Inverness, Spring Hill, and The Villages. Continue reading
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How Process Servers Locate the Most Difficult Recipients
Most process recipients are fairly easy to locate, but every once in a while, a recipient proves to be quite elusive. When this happens, process servers have to kick it into overdrive and use all the resources available to them to pin down the process recipient. In this post, we’ll go over some of the techniques experienced process servers use when trying to locate exceptionally difficult recipients.
Put in the Prep Work
Doing some research before heading out to find a process recipient can save the server a lot of time and stress. There is a lot of information that can be found online about pretty much anyone. When gathering information during this initial research, try to collect the following: Continue reading
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Why Avoiding a Process Server Can Be Costly
Evading a process server is never a good idea. Not only does it accomplish nothing other than waste time, but it can also end up costing a person lots of cash and even their freedom.
There are three major ways that avoiding a process server can cost you in the long run:
Financial Costs
Normally, the person who hires the process server pays their fee. However, when a defendant actively hides from the process server to delay the case, court schedules get backed up as dates have to be rescheduled. This waste of court time and resources does not sit well with most judges, who will gladly order that the elusive defendant pays for all the additional fees related to the search and schedule changes. If the judge sees fit, they can also impose additional fines on a person who intentionally evades a process server. Continue reading
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The Impact of Social Media on Process Serving
Social media has had an impact on the process service industry – just like almost every other part of life! Tech-savvy process servers can use social media to gather a wealth of information about their intended recipients. In this post, we discuss the types of information freely available via social media, unethical practices for process servers on social media, and the push towards allowing process service via social media as a national norm.
An Online Treasure Trove
The amount of information available online about any given person is amazing, and social media gives you an even more in-depth look into a person’s interests, affiliations, hobbies, and more. Continue reading