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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.

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.

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

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

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

Process servers are expected to follow the letter of the law here in Florida. Not doing so can have dire consequences for any court case. At a minimum, the case may be rescheduled until proper process service can occur. At worst, the entire case may be dismissed! Either way, your firm’s clients are not likely to understand why their case is being delayed, and your reputation as their attorney could be tarnished. Not only could your reputation take a hit,