Process Serving Information and FAQs

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Probably not illegal but likely not very effective at getting the papers served either. I got lucky that I was still sitting at the community gate talking to the landlord, and they drove up, probably taking the kids to dinner. Even if they had just stopped, rolled down the window to take the documents it would have looked a lot more civilized, but they didn’t and they got served anyways.

There may be different requirements for serving process, depending on the type of entity being sued and what they’re being sued for. Each jurisdiction has rules regarding the appropriate service of process. In some cases, service of process may be effected through the mail as in some small claims court procedures. In exceptional cases, other forms of service may be authorized by procedural rules or court order, including service by publication when an individual cannot be located in a particular jurisdiction. In New York, when a civil lawsuit is started for medical malpractice, negligence, personal injury or wrongful death, we are required to deliver your lawsuit papers to the people you have sued.

Most states require that several attempts be made to serve a defendant in person before substituted service can be used. These failed attempts must be documented appropriately, including the dates, times, and locations for service before documents can be left with an appropriate person of age at the defendant’s residence or workplace, as well as mailing them to the substituted service address. Some states allow legal documents to be posted at the defendant’s residence, place of business, or even on a car windshield, plus mailing. They may never answer the door, or they answer the door but insist they are somebody else.

However, in case where the recipient is ignoring the process server, the documents can be served by leaving it next to the recipient. A legal officer, court official, firm or individual engaged in serving legal documents to a person drawn in a legal case is called a process server. In some climes, a process server performs a variety of tasks including the filing of court papers, legal document retrieval, and process service. In a divorce, process servers serve the summons and complaint or petition, depending on the state.

The court held that this was a proper service because the defendant was aware of what the papers included. If service of process is obtained under subsection , the party’s attorney or the party, if the party is not represented by an attorney, shall file an affidavit setting forth the return of service. The return receipt from the registered mail shall be attached to the affidavit. If service of process is perfected under subsection , the party’s attorney or the party, if the party is not represented by an attorney, shall file an affidavit setting forth the return of service. The return envelope from the attempt to mail process by registered mail and the return envelope, if any, from the attempt to mail the envelope by first-class mail shall be attached to the affidavit.