Do you need a Los Angeles County Process Server ?
Process Service Associates provides process serving in the Los Angeles metro area, as well as other cities adjacent, and surrounding downtown Los Angeles. Process Service Associates has you covered in Los Angeles. We are not a process server web directory. We actually directly employ real process servers in the Los Angeles, California area. Don't be fooled by the rest who will only shuffle your Los Angeles documents onto another Process Server who most likely works for an entirely different company that may not even be near Los Angeles. They most likely drive many miles just to get to Los Angeles. With our experience we can say that they will not guarantee you many attempts, alot of effort, or quality service at your desired Los Angeles location. Here at Process Service Associates we guarantee you Fast, Quality Los Angeles Service.
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Straight talk about what you should know about Los Angeles Process Serving, and hiring a Professional Process Server.
How to find a Qualified Los Angeles Process Server
In the State of California the law requires that a Process
Server be at least 18 years of age and not a party to the action in which he/she
is the process server. A party to the action is defined as the plaintiff or
defendant. A
Los Angeles process server must be a disinterested person and have
no legal or financial interest in the lawsuit in which he is the process server.
The process server after he completes the service of process must swear under
penalty of perjury that the service of process was executed in a proper manner
and that the defendant was provided due process and the service of process was
made in a calculated manner designed to give the defendant actual notice of the
proceeding.
The Los Angeles County sheriff as well as other County Sheriffs throughout
California have a civil process division and provide process serving for the
general public on a limited basis. Some sheriff’s offices serve only mandated
process, such as writs requiring the physical taking of property. For a list of
Los Angeles County Sheriff Offices that maintain process serving departments
refer to appendix (a).
In Los Angeles County and most other California counties there is an alterative
to the County Sheriff for your Process Serving needs…A Registered Los
Angeles Process
Server.
As previously stated, California law requires that a process server be over the
age of 18 and not a party to the action. If the person/process server serves
more then ten services in one calendar year he or she must register as a Los
Angeles County process server. Attorney’s, employees of attorneys, licensed
private investigators, sheriffs or governmental employees who is acting in the
capacity of their employment and professional photo copiers whose only process
serving relates to subpoenas for the production of records are exempt from
registering as a process server. This exemption does not make the person a
registered process server. It only exempts them form having to register as a
process server.
In Los Angeles County a person registers as a process server by posting a $2,000
process server bond and filing of a certificate of registration with the Los
Angeles County Clerk. The certificate of registration states that the registrant
/process server has not been convicted of a felony.
The process server registrant must also provide 2 finger print cards for a
State and Federal background check to insure that the process server has no
felony convictions.
The Los Angeles County process server statutes give the process
server authority to serve certain documents such as:
+ Writ of Attachment
+ Writ of Execution
+ Earnings Withholding Order
+ Order of Examination of Judgment Debtor
+ Pre-Judgment claim of right to possession
The Registered Los Angeles Process Server also has special legal status in
regard to the manner in which the process server conducts himself as a
registered process server.
+ Assault on a process server while performing a service of process is a felony
+ Limited exemption from trespass
+ Proof of service has rebuttable presumption status
+ Must be provided access to a gated community when performing a service of
process
+Service, locate and stakeout fees are recoverable costs.
Los Angeles County, California registered process servers are not limited to
when a service of process can be made. Generally speaking service of process may
be made 24 hours on any day of the week, provided that the process to be served
originates in a state that allows process to be served without restrictions.
Please note that certain states do not allow process service on Sunday.
As stated there is no hard fast rule as to when service of process can be made
(other than on Sunday) however, a good process server should use some discretion
when serving process late at night or too early in the morning. A rule of thumb
that most Los Angeles County process servers use is not to serve process after
10 pm or before 7:00 am, unless specifically requested by the process server’s
client to serve the process at a time outside of those hours.
Other states have varying rules for service of process. A professional process
server should certainly stay informed in that regard to avoid an improper
service. Which could cause serious delays to a court case if the process server
failed to perform his duty to properly serve legal documents
Serious problems can arise out of improper service of process. For example when
a process server makes an improper service or the process server lies on a proof
of service declaration, the court has no jurisdiction over the person served.
Usually when an improper service is made it is not discovered for many months
often times after a default judgment is entered. In that event the defendant may
have a cause of action against the plaintiff and the process server for abuse of
process and emotional distress to mention a few.
The Los Angeles County professional process server is obligated and has a legal
duty to know the proper manner for service of process. His registration could be
revoked for performing an invalid service of process.
When hiring a los angeles
co. process server, it is important to know whether or not
the Process Server is qualified to handle your assignment. The following is a
list of questions for you to consider it that regard.
Is the Process Server registered and bonded?
Is the Process Server a full time Professional Process Server or part time
Process Server trying to earn a few extra dollars in his/her spare time?
Does the Process Server live and work in the area in which you need a process
server? If he lives 50 miles away from your subject’s address, how many times a
day or even a week is he going to try to serve your paper? To assist you in
determining the distance to and from various Los Angeles County Communities, we
have provided a mileage chart. Always make sure that the Process Server you hire
resides a reasonable distance from where you need process serving etc.
Is The Process Server or
Los Angeles Process Service Company available 24/7? Do
they work nights and weekends? Remember the Sheriff only works early am and some
times early evenings…NO weekends! What if your subject is only home on weekends?
Does the Process Server or Process Service Company provide Skip Tracing in the
event the subject’s address is bad or maybe he or she moved, who is going to
find the new address for you?
How many attempts to serve defendant for your service fee?
Process Service Associates
17216 Saticoy St. #358,
Van Nuys, CA, 91406
1-800-799-5142
fax 818-810-6440
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
www.psasocal.com
psa@psasocal.com
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