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August Newsletter

Message from the Founder Recharge Those Batteries Earlier this month our team had the great pleasure of coming together for our annual franchise retreat. This year’s Retreat was in St. Augustine, FL. The weekend started with a group dinner at Beaches of Vilano. After that, it was to the historic downtown area where many of the local drinking establishments were visited. The next day started with a historical Segway tour of the city, which was awesome. Did you know there

Beau Charlet August 27, 2019

Four Things You Didn’t Know About Skip Tracing

When someone can’t be easily found, the process of finding them is called skip tracing. Most people don’t know very much about the process of skip tracing, how it’s done, or when it is done. Private process servers frequently use skip tracing to find individuals who need to be served papers. Here are four things you probably didn’t know about skip tracing. Most Likely to Disappear Skip tracing is used in a number of cases, but there are certain situations

Beau Charlet August 15, 2019

July Update

Message from the Founder Trademark Registered As we just passed the mid-way point of our 10th year in business, we continue to strive for 100% customer satisfaction. Serving your papers quickly and accurately is our number one concern. From e-filing to new technology to House Bill 91, Accurate Serve® stays committed to improving our service to better serve you. Well, another way we can improve our organization is to strengthen it to it’s core. So, we are happy to say it

Beau Charlet July 26, 2019

Three Signs of a Trustworthy Process Server

When you are hiring a private process server to help with your court case, you want to make sure that you are hiring someone that is trustworthy. There are a lot of private process servers out there that engage in unethical practices such as gutter serves (throwing away papers instead of serving them). Before you agree to a private process server to handle your court papers, consider these three traits of a trustworthy process server. Less Than Perfect Success Rate

Beau Charlet July 15, 2019

Can a Party Refuse Service of Process in Florida?

No one really wants to be served with court papers in any case. But how far will someone go to avoid being served? Florida has laws and regulations in place that penalize individuals for resisting service of process when it is affected by a registered private process server or sheriff’s department. Here’s what you need to know. Resisting Service Without Violence When a private process server knocks on the door and states their purpose, they could be turned away from

Beau Charlet June 15, 2019

June Newsletter

Message from the Founder Florida House Bill 91 Has Been Signed Over the past several years, our state association (FAPPS) has been working our our lobbyist to amend some of the verbiage in the Statutes that pertain to service of process. While some of the changes are minimal, such as changing the wording from may to shall in 48.021, some changes are pretty big. One of the big changes is that Process Servers are now allowed to electronically sign Returns

Beau Charlet June 13, 2019

What Is a Gutter Serve and How Can It Affect You?

When you need papers served, you need to know that you can trust the process server you have hired. Untrustworthy process servers and paper brokers often engage in gutter serves. Learn what a gutter serve is, and why it hurts your case. What is a Gutter Serve? A gutter serve is essentially when the process server says that they served the papers, but in reality, they threw them away and did not deliver them. This illegal and unethical practice is

Beau Charlet May 20, 2019

May Newsletter

Message from the Founder The 2019 NAPPS Convention found it’s way to Orlando, FL this year. The Accurate Serve team was out in full force. The Convention kicked off Thursday May 2 with the annual NAPPS golf tournament. Accurate Serve put together one fierce foursome: Beau Charlet, Brandon Muscato, Brennan Fogarty and Derek Keating (see pic, pictured from left to right). The best ball tournament was won by this AS team with an amazing score of -10 under par. After

Beau Charlet May 15, 2019

Beware of Paper Brokers: Know Your Process Server

There is a new kind of process service company that has arisen in the last several years that work as paper brokers. These process service companies take on papers to be served and broker them out to independent contractors. There are several problems with this, and there are many reasons that you should know your process server who is actually handling your papers. Problems with Paper Brokers One of the biggest problems with paper brokers is that they contract the

Beau Charlet April 20, 2019

April Newsletter

Message from the Founder Recent FAPPS Convention & Learning Opportunities The Florida Association of Professional Process Servers (FAPPS) recently held their annual convention in Lake Mary, FL. The convention was well attended by the Accurate Serve family. Friday night’s reception leads in to the poker tournament where Team Member Josh Kes, from our Daytona Beach office, placed third. He has finished in the top 3, 2 of the past 3 years. Saturday’s events include educational classes, a luncheon and an

Beau Charlet April 15, 2019