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How a Process Server Does Their Job

If you have ever had a court case requiring service, you may find yourself wondering how a process server gets the job done. Lawsuits, evictions, divorces, child custody cases, and other types of court cases require that the responding party be served with notice of the proceedings. It is helpful to understand how a process server does their job when looking for a private process server for your case. Finding the Individual When you hire a private process server, they

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February Newsletter

Message from the Founder The Groundhog Results Every February 2, the world turns to the groundhog to predict the weather and either gives us good news or bad. Luckily for us, this year, Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow. Great news one and all, an early spring is in store for us. What does that mean for the process serving industry? Well, in FL, not much. But for our colleagues in the northern states, this is great news.  Some states

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What You Need to Know About Serving Eviction Notices

If you are a landlord with only one or two properties and are new to the process, going through an eviction can be confusing. Every eviction starts with a notice of eviction to the tenant. If they do not comply, you have to follow up with filing with the courts and serving them with eviction papers. Here are the things you need to know to make sure you are operating within the law. Eviction Notices There are two types of

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January Newsletter

Message from the Founder To the Power of 10 Happy New Year!!!! 2019 marks an important year for us here at Accurate Serve. Accurate Serve was founded in Lakeland, FL in 2009.  So, this is our 10th year in business, proudly serving the legal community. Accurate Serve has grown from a one man operation serving 624 papers in Year 1 to over 35 offices in FL (and 1 in AL) and 54,342 papers served in 2018. Our team of Owners/Operators

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What Property Managers Should Know about Their Three Day Notice Leverage

As a landlord or property manager, you know that tenants don’t always live up to the terms of their lease agreements. Some fail to pay rent on time while others ignore pet or noise policies and hope they won’t get caught. Since you want to maintain tenants that are reliable and trustworthy, you have the power and ability to evict tenants who have broken their lease agreements and have not resolved the problem after a warning period. Florida’s Three Day

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3 Reasons to Choose a Process Server Over a Sheriff

Your law firm or collection company has a legal obligation to properly notify defendants that they are involved in a court case, but this is often easier said than done. Without this service of process, a lawsuit risks being dismissed. Sheriffs and private process servers are the only professionals capable of serving process in a legally recognized way, but which is the better choice? Hiring a reliable and registered process server is the best decision for many reasons. Faster Service

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Key Points about Serving Papers on Tribal Lands

Native Americans lived and thrived in North America long before European explorers discovered “The New World,” but nonetheless, their lives were forever changed as the 13 colonies were founded and American colonists competed for land and resources with long-established tribes. The 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries witnessed extreme conflicts between the emerging American population and the Native American tribes. Unfortunately, more often than not, most tribes eventually had no choice but to conform to the U.S government, concede their

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The Makings of an Excellent Process Server

Process servers play an incredibly important yet often underappreciated job within our country’s legal system. It is a law in all fifty states that a defendant involved in any lawsuit receive proper notice of the impending case, and it is largely the responsibility of process servers to deliver such notices in a legally recognized manner. This means that process servers are very often the people who deliver bad, stressful, and unwanted news to countless Americans. Some recipients react with fear,

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Facebook CEO Serves Paper and Stirs Controversy

Facebook has reached just about every corner of the earth, making Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s CEO, an extremely rich and famous man, to say the least. However, Zuckerberg recently became embroiled in something other than technology and social media endeavors. Filing Hundreds of Lawsuits It was right around Christmas that Zuckerberg shared photographs of his family’s $100 million, 700-acre property in Kauai, Hawaii, writing that he and his wife “fell in love with the community and the cloudy green mountains.”

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Make Your Life Easier by Using a Process Server

Until you need a process server, you may not realize what an important role they play within the legal system. Whether you are ready to serve divorce papers or collect on an unpaid debt from an old business partner, a process server can help make difficult situations a bit easier. Basic Facts About Process Servers A process server is a person legally certified to deliver court orders and court documents relating to a defendant’s presence in court. Aside from court-appointed

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