Tuesday, July 1, 2014

The Truth About Process Servers

By Elsa English


We live in a world where almost everything is governed bu a set of rules and regulations. Some think of this as something negative and somehow controlling, but these are only implemented with the thought of the common good in mind. These rules are made and implemented to be observed by the citizens to maintain the peace and order. Majority of the people follow these down to a T, but there are some who have adventurous personalities that lead them to a confrontation with the law. This, then, will result in the filing of a lawsuit and will cause Los Angeles process servers to come visit.

A process server is that one person who is known by everyone who works in the legal department but nobody outside legal matters really know about. That is, until they get called to appear in court or something. They are special people employed just to carry out the service of process.

The service of process is a legal procedure wherein a notice to a lawsuit is given to a party, asking him or her to appear before the court. Court documents comes in sets which are also termed as process. These are then given to the one summoned with details about the scheduled hearings. These are delivered by process servers.

Before, people did not bother with getting a certain messenger to do all these deliveries. Those were done by the sheriff himself. When the cities grew and area limits were widened, the sheriffs got so busy they could not attend to this deliveries. With this sprang the need to go and find someone else to do the delivery correctly and efficiently.

People then used the services of a server to be able to do the particular delivery job. They are given the very important task to ensure that the legal documents will really reach their intended destination. This affidavit is then given to the complainant so that he or she will be aware whether the accused will attend the hearing or not.

People often think servers have it easy because they only deliver papers. What they fail to note is that not all people who get snagged at lawsuits are really cooperative. Sometimes they like to give these delivery guys a very hard time, too.

Due to the nature of their jobs, not everybody can be an outstanding server. He has to have certain qualities, too, which will make him an efficient employee. First of, he must have a persevering spirit that never surrenders even when it has already taken him days to deliver to a particular person who is intent on avoiding him all day.

He also has to have the instincts of a detective coupled with good research skills. It is not surprising for these delivery guys to come to an abandoned address because the person sued left in a hurry to escape the charges. As it is in the job description that you have to hand over the summons, a server also have to be a bit nosy and sniff out for clues.

They also have to have a lot of tricks up their sleeves. Some even resort to donning disguises to get people to open the door for them. It is tough being a server, but someone has to do the job. They do it right on.




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