Process Service is the procedure in which the plaintiff may hire a professional process server to ensure the defendant receives a summons to court. The document cannot merely be mailed to the defendant; it must be given directly to the correct person (or left with a suitable person) either at their home or place of business.

The primary role of a process server is to deliver, or ‘serve’, a subpoenaed person with documents stating when and why they need to appear in court. While that may sound simple, it often involves a lot of time and due diligence on the part of the server. Many times the defendant knows they are about to be served a subpoena and will do everything they can to avoid the process server.

The process server will start with the last known address of the defendant. But often that is not the current address; this is why we offer skip tracing (the process of locating someone).