Process servers have a vital role in the legal system. By proving that defendants and witnesses are legally served, process servers prevent the system from becoming jammed up by evasive parties. You might be asking, why not just let the sheriff’s office serve all your process? Well, attorneys tend to choose private process servers over the sheriff’s office to serve litigants and witnesses for many reasons, including:
Legal compliance
The main reason for choosing a process server here in Florida is because it’s the law. Process service laws say you must use either the Sheriff’s department or a private process server to serve process in all legal cases, whether criminal or civil. This means if you try to just deliver the paperwork yourself but the defendant doesn’t show up in court, the defendant can claim they knew nothing and ask for the entire case to be dismissed. Hypothetically, because you didn’t follow the laws on process service, you have no legal recourse. Using a trained process server ensures that your case is not dismissed and your case reaches court.
Quicker service
While using the sheriff’s office is usually the cheaper financial option, it comes at a different price. Sheriff deputies are notoriously slow in the serving process because they have so many other responsibilities that require their limited time. Unfortunately, serving process will never be at the top of their priority list. The sheriff’s office not having the time to locate and serve the defendant can cause significant delays and could even affect the outcome of your case, especially since defendants must be served by a certain date. Sheriff deputies are also not trained in hunting down evasive defendants, so this can add a lot of unnecessary time and expenses to your case. Using a private process server almost always guarantees a quicker, smoother service of process for you and the defendant.
Personal safety
The final reason you should always use a process server is for personal safety. Process servers are trained to identify high-risk situations and mitigate that risk with proven techniques to avoid violent confrontations. This is not a task you want to take on alone. Using a process server limits the risk and liability you and your clients face.
If you have an upcoming case and need to notify defendants or subpoena witnesses, trust the experienced process servers here at Accurate Serve. We’ll handle your case quickly and in compliance with all state and local laws. Our trained process servers know exactly what to do to keep your case free of delays and cost-effective. Visit www.theaccurateservefranchise.com to find the nearest Accurate Serve location to you.
