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The digital age has transformed our society. Looking back even just five years ago can be surreal. Everyone has at least one social media profile, carries a computer in their pocket, and uses a computer frequently throughout the day, almost every day of the year. Even many homeless Americans have regular access to Facebook or email.  The question that many people are asking is, “Why can’t legal papers be served digitally?” Honestly, the courts are extremely behind the times on

Many people are under the impression that you can only be served Monday through Friday during normal business hours. However, there are much fewer restrictions on process service in the state of Florida. While there are a few exceptions, most people can be served Monday through Saturday every week, except national holidays. Differences for Businesses If you are serving a business, company, corporation, or organization, you will be more limited in when the entity can be served. Each organization will

Many attorneys have an established relationship with one specific process server or one company with several different process servers. Attorneys know that you should use a private process server instead of the sheriff, even though service by the sheriff is pushed by the circuit courts. Here’s more about why lawyers work with private process servers. Service of Process Is Required Attorneys often handle more than one case at a time, and they handle many cases in the course of a

If you have papers that need to be served to someone who isn’t typically available for much of the day, you might be wondering how they are going to get served. It is important to remember that process servers do not work bankers’ hours. You can have papers served in the evenings or on the weekends, as well as other times that someone might be found at home. Evenings There are no rules about how late in the day a

Do you have a civil court case that is dead in the water because you can’t find the defendant? This is a common problem, especially when using the sheriff’s department for service of process. Often, people have simply moved or changed employment, but sometimes people intentionally disappear so that they can’t be sued or prosecuted.  Private process servers have a lot of resources available to find missing persons who need to be served. The sheriff’s department does not have the