When you think of process service agencies, you think of things like divorce paper servings and court summonses. In reality, these companies serve a wide range of different types of papers for a variety of purposes. Process service agencies serve thousands of papers per year, on thousands of individuals, for a number of different types of courts and other parties.
You’ve Been Served
If you have ever been served with papers, or have seen it happen in the movies, you know the drill. An individual approaches and hands you a sheath of papers, then says, “You’ve been served.” What’s amazing is the sheer volume of process servings across the nation, with millions of servings occurring each year. The servings run the gamut of the legal spectrum, with the main types of process servings being:
Court Summonses – For everything from criminal to civil court, on every level from federal to state, hundreds of thousands of summonses are served each year.
Complaints – This category includes foreclosures, motions, petitions, and a variety of different orders.
Subpoenas – Subpoenas are issued for depositions, hearings and trials.
Notices – The most popular notices are evictions for both individuals and businesses, and divorce filing notices as well.
Foreclosures – Foreclosure notices for homes take up a large portion of today’s process servings.
With a high-volume processing service, these categories will account for thousands of servings each year. Process servers work with all levels of the judicial system and a number of different private clients to keep the wheels of justice in motion. In assuring that the correct parties are present at court proceedings, process servers are one of the most important aids to the judiciary process.
Process servers are much more than just the bearers of court summonses and divorce papers. They serve a wide variety of different types of summonses, notices, orders, and complaints, while doing their duty to keep the court system on track. This is why choosing Accurate Serve of Jacksonville for all of your court and legal delivery needs is the smart choice.
