Category: Process Serving
Dropping A Summons And Complaint Outside A Door Makes Good Service
The Server Must Know The Defendant Is Inside By J. Craig Williams, Esq. First-year law students grind through the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, but perhaps nothing is more entertaining in that class than the ways you can serve a complaint on a defendant. Which is to say that the class is otherwise extremely boring, [...]
Service of Process Via Email
Northern Virginia Judge Considering Service of Process Via E-mail Service of process via e-mail is not just gaining acceptance in Australia (read our previous article regarding serving process through Facebook). Now, several Virginia attorneys are hoping they will be able to convince a Federal District Court Judge to approve a motion to serve a summons [...]
Skip Tracing: Intentionally Missing People
As I explained in my previous article, Introduction to Skip Tracing, classifying your subject as “intentionally missing” or “unintentionally missing” is very important and will assist you in determining which action to take and what information you will need in order to bring a missing persons assignment to a successful conclusion. I’d like to describe [...]
Service of Process via Facebook
Australian attorneys can now serve enforceable court documents by posting them on a defendant’s Facebook profile. An Australian Supreme Court judge ruled that lawyers could use the social networking site to serve court notices. Email and SMS text messages via mobile phone have been used before to serve Australian court documents, but the Aussie attorneys [...]
Increase Private Investigation Agency Income Through Service of Process
Today’s economic climate creates an increasingly difficult environment for private investigators and investigation agency owners to thrive, be successful and remain profitable. In recent years, insurance companies, both public and privately owned corporations, attorneys and private clients have all tightened their belts as financial resources become leaner for everyone. We have seen a continuing trend [...]
Process Server Safety: It’s Not Always What It Seems
Process serving in general is really not a dangerous job; but there is always a bad seed in the bunch. In light of the recent death of Steve Allen in Colorado there are some safety precautions that we should all stick to in our routine. Ask your client about the person you are serving. Is [...]
Understanding Military Addresses
From time to time you are going to come across a military address while conducting a database search. Knowing what to do with the address, to whom it belongs, and what additional information can be gleaned from it can yield very important information! I learned a lot while I was in the Navy and the [...]
Using Email To Locate People
You can use email to locate people but I’ll tell you up front that the success rate when you have email information available, either a subject’s known email address or an intact copy of an email received from the subject, can be fairly low. Any one who tells you that a person can be located [...]
