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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 Reasons to Hire a Private Process Server

If you are filing for divorce, suing someone, or instigating some other court matter, you will need to notify the other party of the case in order for it to move forward. The state of Florida requires that these types of court papers must be served either by the sheriff’s department or by a private process server certified and registered by the county. Here are some reasons why you should hire a private process server. You Need Fast Service The

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

Why Federal Courts Are Urging Lawyers Not to Share Login Information

Recently, federal courts have begun issuing warnings to lawyers in various states urging them not to share login information with third party vendors, including private process servers. While it may seem convenient to pass along information in this way, there are some very good reasons you should not share your logins with private process servers or any other third party. Here’s what you need to know. Discrepancies in Papers It may seem that the easiest way to get court papers

Beau Charlet July 15, 2019

Why You Need a Process Server in Florida

If you have friends and family that live out of state, they may try to convince you that you don’t need to pay a private process server to handle service of your court papers. While many states allow a third party unrelated to the case to serve papers, Florida is not one of those states. Here’s what you need to know about why you need to hire a private process server in Florida. The Florida Statutes The Florida state statutes

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 Due Diligence Means in Process Service

For most court cases, the responding party to a case must be served notice of the action and given a chance to respond. Your court case cannot move forward without this happening, for the most part. But what happens when someone really cannot be found to serve them? If your process server did their due diligence, you may be able to get alternative methods of service, such as publication, granted by the courts. What is Due Diligence? Due diligence means

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

Compliance Questions to Ask Your Process Server

It is important to your case that your papers are served correctly and speedily. There are a number of rules about how papers should be served depending on the type of papers and the type of case involved. When you use a private process server to serve your papers, you want to make sure that the method of service won’t jeopardize your case. Here are some questions to ask your process server once they notify you that papers have been

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