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What is a Process Server?

According to the due process of the law, each person has a right to be notified if legal action is taken against them and also has a right to know if court actions are taken in their case. To ensure that everyone is adequately informed of court actions, the law stipulates that legal documents pertaining to these actions must be delivered in person. The person who delivers the documents is called a process server. While in most states anyone over the age of majority who is not part of the case can act as a process server, a professional process service makes much sense, especially in cases where someone does not wish to be served with legal documents.

Why is process serving so complicated?

In some cases, people simply do not wish to be served in legal documents. They may wish to avoid a court case or divorce case and may simply leave town or refuse to accept the documents. When this happens, it is important to have a professional private investigator or process server do the process serving for you. Such a professional can:

• Use surveillance techniques to find the person, if necessary.
  
  
• Use skip tracing to find them if they have left town or left the country. Private investigators can even draw a large network of private investigators in other areas of the country and around the world in order to find someone in order to serve them with papers.
  
  
• Ensure that proper laws are followed. In some states, process servers must have the legal documents in question actually touch the body of the person who's being served. In other states, trespass laws do not allow servers to approach someone on their own property. In short, hiring a professional process service professional can help ensure that your documents are delivered in a correct way. If they are not, your court case could be thrown out or tied up in legal problems for a while.
  
  
• Show solid evidence that the documents were served. If the person who is served claims that they did not receive legal documents, a qualified process serving professional will be able to show an affidavit of service or proof of service that can prove that the person has accepted the documents.

Looking for a Process Server?

If you're involved in a court case or shortly will be, having a good process serving professional can help ensure that you don't have to face court delays or extra lawyer fees as a result of improper document serving. You can find a professional process server with experience in your area by visiting PInow.com. PInow.com is a huge searchable worldwide listing of private investigators and other investigative professionals. Whether the person being served is merely elusive or has outright fled, the professionals listed at PInow.com can help ensure that the person in question receives their court documents.

Use the search utility on the top of this page or select from a state on the left to find a Process Server. Still can't find what your are looking for? Call us at (888) 997-4669.