FaceBook, Twitter, and your LinkedIn account—these are the latest tools for Process Servers to know where you are and when. Let us say you have not made a mortgage payment in a long time. You get restless hiding in the dark, listening to that guy in a suit knocking on the door, so you slip out the back and head down to the gym for a little workout. Post it on your FaceBook page so your friends can join you, and next thing you know, the guy in the suit is there too…but not to work out. Service of Process is personal delivery of notice that a lawsuit is filed against you, and an invitation for you to answer. At a time when doctors no longer make house calls, lawyers have legal documents hand-delivered via sheriff’s deputies or authorized Process Servers. A Process Server is there to deliver a notice so you may be informed of legal actions against you. The better informed you are, the better able you are to act. There is no good time to receive a lawsuit, but hiding from a Process Server is a poor defense. (Process Servers are creative people and tech-savvy to use […]
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