"They served you!" What does that mean?
They served you! These three words are not only familiar, but have gained notoriety over the years. People fear the mere mention of these words. But what does it really mean?
Understanding has been said to be the key to erasing fear. Generally, service of process involves two parties on opposite sides and a legal act that connects the two parties. Specifically, the two parties are the one who served the process or the one who caused the process to be served, and the other is the intended recipient of the process. It is the recipient of the process who is generally “afraid” to hear the line “you were served.” But saying those same words means success for the other party.
“You were served” basically means that one of the parties learned that a lawsuit had been started against you. Since a lawsuit is generally viewed as a nuisance or glitch in everyday life, it is avoided, sidestepped, dodged, sidestepped, and in many ways dodged in various imaginative ways.
Avoid drama during personal service or process delivery
The best way to serve any legal process is by personal service or service, which can be done by delivering the actual physical process or documents to the person named in the documents. This means that the process server will have to meet face to face with the person named in the legal documents to be served.
In most cases, once a person is handed the legal process, they receive it without much fuss. The notifier will write the date and time of delivery on his copy of said legal process. Service of process is then completed and the person named in process is now within the jurisdiction of the court that issued said process.
However, in certain exceptional cases, as there is a face-to-face encounter or confrontation, in many circumstances it becomes a bit dramatic. This happens when the notified person refuses to receive it, and the process server insists on receiving the same papers. The inherent situation is a potential conflict zone.
In this case, a process server with good communication and social skills will be able to serve the legal process with the least amount of difficulty possible. It should be understood that anyone’s initial reaction to any legal process is to refuse, refuse, and then flee. Thus, a process server who can deliver the papers in the calmest and most courteous manner will overcome this initial rejection.
Time is also a factor in personal service. Time, when combined with prior research on the personality and behavior of the person to be served, will produce a high success rate and eliminate the risk of conflict. Most people would keep any indication that they are being sued a secret. That is why it is important that any subpoena, demand letter or any legal document in this regard be privately served on you. This would eliminate the burden of explaining to any escort you may have at the time of service why you are being given such a process.
In the event that the recipient continues to refuse service of the process, the process server must attempt to notify it at least two more times. Serving the process at least three times would constitute reasonable diligence and could be a solid basis for requesting a substitute service, which is another method of service of process.