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All About Skip Tracing

If you need to track someone down to have papers served, you may have heard the term skip tracing. Skip tracing is quite simply the process of tracking people down, but the process itself is far from simple. The records combed in search of information about individuals and companies is a complex network of resources. Skip tracing often becomes necessary when a party to a court case cannot be easily found. There could be several reasons that someone seemingly disappears.

Beau Charlet March 15, 2020

March Update

Message from the Founder It’s almost that time of year again, time for our state association’s annual conference. The Florida Association of Professional Process Servers (FAPPS) annual conference/convention will take place in Orlando, FL, as it does each year. Orlando has been the host of the annual conference for as long as I can remember. Reason being is its central location for all members statewide to be able to travel easily. A few years ago, the Board of Directors for

Beau Charlet February 28, 2020

How We Protect Our Private Process Servers

Private process servers put themselves in potential danger every day. There are a lot of people out there who don’t want to be served. Often they know that it is coming, or at least have a suspicion because they know they have done wrong. But that doesn’t make them receptive to the process server. Here is how we keep our process servers safe. Carrying Protection Our private process servers are encouraged to carry personal protection such as pepper spray or

Beau Charlet February 15, 2020

January Update

Message from the Founder Duval & Palm Beach Counties So, there are 3 ways Private Process Servers can serve civil process in FL: Certified by courts in circuit they serve in Appointed by Sheriff in the county they serve in Approved by Motion & Order from the Judge presiding over case Duval is located in the 4th Judicial Circuit of Florida, along with Clay and Nassau. Duval is a Sheriff appointed county. Nassau and Clay are Motion & Order, which

Beau Charlet January 21, 2020

Three Signs that You Have Found a Trustworthy Process Server

Having a trustworthy private process server is extremely important to the success of your legal case. An unethical process server can lead to gutter serves, or the papers being trashed with service faked. This can lead to your case being delayed or even being dismissed altogether. Here are three signs that you have found a trustworthy process server to handle your legal matter. Walks You Through the Process A trustworthy process server will be completely transparent about the process of

Beau Charlet January 15, 2020

December Update

Message from the Founder Warmest regards, Beau Charlet Franchisee: Plantation Greetings to everyone who has the pleasure of reading our monthly newsletter. Happy holidays! Happy New Year! Accurate Serve Plantation is moving into our 5th year since we first opened doors for business. We know this will be a major milestone for our office and just being a small business in general. We couldn’t have done so well without our loyal clients and other franchisees we have the opportunity to

Beau Charlet December 23, 2019

Why You Need a Florida Licensed Process Server

If you have a legal case involving a Florida resident, you have to use the local sheriff or a private process server to serve process in order for your case to move forward. There are some situations in which you may not realize that you need a Florida licensed process server. Here are some guidelines. Out of State Cases Even if you live out of state, and the legal case is out of state, you will still need a Florida

Beau Charlet December 15, 2019

November Newsletter

Message from the Founder Computation of Time and an FYI This month we are going to touch on computation of time. As you can see below, we have referenced Rule 1.090 of Civil Procedure. Florida Rules of Civil Procedure RULE 1.090 TIME (a) Computation. In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by these rules, by order of court, or by any applicable statute, the day of the act, event, or default from which the designated period of time

Beau Charlet November 19, 2019

Who Is Allowed to Deliver Legal Documents in Florida?

When you have a legal case against an individual or company, you have to have them served with legal papers so that they are notified of the case and have a chance to defend themselves. But this service cannot be handled by just anyone. According to Florida law, there are limited people that can serve papers in the state. Here’s who can serve papers. Sheriff’s Department The sheriff’s department of any county in Florida can serve legal papers. There is

Beau Charlet November 15, 2019

October Newsletter

Message from the Founder Update on E-Signing We did a Newsletter article in June 2019 about the signing of House Bill 91, and it’s ramifications. One of those, was the fact that process servers could now e-sign their Returns in lieu of printing the Return, signing it and then scanning. Once the new law had taken place, our software programmer worked diligently in incorporating an e-sign feature through the App our Servers use to update service jobs. In the past

Beau Charlet October 21, 2019