Process Server Los Angeles: Criteria To Become One

2007-03-08 10:33:40

( Education )



A process server Los Angeles can deliver up to a certain number of documents to a number of recipients. When the number of legal notices delivered has been exceeded in a year, registration as a process server is then required.
To become a process server, an individual must register and pay a server bond with the local county clerk. Before a registration certificate is issued, a federal background check is made on the individual to ensure that the person has no criminal record.

In the state of California, there is a minimum age limit that must be complied to, so that an individual can become a process server Los Angeles. The legal process server must not have any financial or legal relationship to either defendant or plaintiff of the case. A process server Los Angeles can deliver documents at any time of the day. Delivery on weekends will depend on the existing laws of Los Angeles county where the recipient belongs. After the process server Los Angeles delivers the legal documents to the recipient a sworn in statement must be executed and signed to prove that legal documents were served.

By law legal process servers in Los Angeles can serve a variety of legal documents, which can include writes, pre-judgment claims, withholding order of earnings, subpoenas, examination orders and many others. Most of these documents are time sensitive, and must be delivered at the soonest possible time.

A California process server must be kept up to date on the latest laws on serving legal documents to avoid receiving legal action on providing inefficient services. Your registration as a process server can be cancelled if improper services have been rendered.

Legal process servers must deliver legal notices personally to the recipient. In the event that the recipient is unavailable to receive the documents, a substituted service can be exercised. Substituted service is the process of allowing an employer or a person living in the same residence as the recipient to receive the documents. Some additional documents may be required by court in this instance to allow for a substituted service to take place. If a substituted service is allowed documents may then be sent by certified mail.


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