Process Serving
Deterring Unfriendly Dogs While on Assignment
We all know that encountering dogs can be a problem while working in the field; I’ve had many unfriendly canine confrontations while working bail enforcement and private investigation assignments and while process serving. In many rural areas, you just cannot avoid dogs on the loose altogether. Stephanie Mitchell wrote an excellent article about preventing and [...]
10Feb2010 | Scott Harrell | 2 comments | Continued
Is Process Serving Dangerous?
Stephanie Mitchell wrote two very important articles on Process Server Safety and dealing with and preventing dogs bites while serving process but the basic question still remains, “Is process serving dangerous?”
Unfortunately, there have been several recent instances where process servers have been attacked and / or killed while serving court documents. While it is extremely rare, it [...]
New Arizona Process Server Continuing Education Course Goes Online
PIEducation.com today announced the formal acceptance by the Supreme Court of Arizona of its online continuing education course for Arizona certified process servers.
In order to be eligible to act as a private process server in Arizona, all persons must be certified and comply with the requirements of the Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 11, the Arizona [...]
Service of Process through Twitter
In another process serving first, BREIN, a Dutch anti-piracy coalition similar to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), has served the owners of Pirate Bay via their Twitter and Facebook accounts alleging the founders are facilitating, on an unprecedented scale, the illegal sharing of copyright protected files, intellectual property and media.
Pirate Bay is the [...]
Fraudulent Service of Process Continues to Plague New York
Video of Council Member Garodnick Announcing Reform of Fraudulent Process Service on September 3, 2009. Garidnick wants legislation requiring New York process servers and agencies to have a surety bond, or insurance in order to be licensed due to rampant and fraudulent default judgments.
As a specific case in point, a White Plains, NY woman [...]
CHANGE! Is the Process Serving Profession Doing Enough to Remain Relevant?
Change – what is it and what does it mean?
If you Google “change” you will find dozens of definitions… for the purposes of this discussion, the change I am referring to could also be referred to as “shift” or “shift happens” or maybe even more accurately “shift is happening all around us”.
The change and shift [...]
“Catch Me If You Can” Service of Process on Difficult People
Wouldn’t it be great if we could perfect service on the 1st attempt every time? We all know not every serve can go as planned and oftentimes difficult people make for difficult situations.
As a process server I find that my skills at times are tested. When these difficult serves arise I must remember that I [...]
Process Server Falsifies 200 Affidavits of Service
Angus McEachern, a former process server for Minnesota based Major Legal Professional Process Serving is now facing 13 counts of perjury.
Nearly 186 cases in Hennepin County District Court have been vacated and defendants have had to be re-served because McEachern has admitted to falsifying close to 200 Affidavits of Service during his six months of [...]
Preventing and Treating Dog Bites While on Assignment
While on assignment, whether you are an investigator, process server, on a repossession job or enforcing bail, it is not uncommon to have a less-than-pleasant encounter with “man’s best friend.” Just last week I was serving some documents at a residence and I was greeted in the yard by a very large pit bull… lucky [...]
27Jul2009 | Stephanie Mitchell | 0 comments | ContinuedService of Process on Law Enforcement Officers Goes Online
Collier County, Florida is joining Lee, Hendry and Glades counties with high-tech subpoena delivery. By the end of the year, Collier County hopes to launch CJIS Notify, the new electronic subpoena system used to serve process on law enforcement officers.
The new system is reportedly very efficient and cutting costs and saving a whole lot [...]
Phony Subpoena Pretext – How To Obtain The Real Identity Of A Subject At An Address
To obtain the real identity of a subject at an address, or verify the name of a person at an address in order to serve papers, I created a pretext years ago and filed it under my “When all else fails, go to Plan B” category, along with forensic garbology etc.
I have utilized it many [...]
Insurance for Process Service Agencies
“THE BIG FOUR” and WHY THEY ARE IMPORTANT
Most Process Service Agencies are familiar with the term Errors and Omissions Insurance, but E & O is only one piece of the insurance puzzle. The following will provide you with some information on what I like to call “The Big Four” and why they should be an [...]
Serving Divorce Papers is Never without Drama or Humor
The Toilet Woman
When I got the divorce papers for service on the eighty year old wife, I could see drama spelled out on the pages like a sarcastic soap opera, featuring the kind of characters you’d see in a film like Raising Arizona. The real-life setting was just as disturbing — a rural double-wide [...]
Tennessee Association of Professional Process Servers (TAPPS) Annual Convention
Title: Tennessee Association of Professional Process Servers (TAPPS) Annual Convention
Location: Holiday Inn Select (Cheekwood Meeting Room) Nashville, Tennessee
Link out: Click here
Description: Tennessee Association of Professional Process Servers (TAPPS) Annual Convention
Holiday Inn Select (Cheekwood Meeting Room)
2200 Elm Hill Pike
Nashville, TN 37214
For more information visit www.tntapps.org
Start Time: 9:00
Date: 2009-04-18
