Process Server
A person, often a sheriff or licensed private individual, authorized to deliver legal process to defendants in compliance with applicable rules.
Encyclopedia entry: Process Server
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Process Server
Process Servers are people who deliver court documents for a living, partiuclarly the summons and complaint necessary to start a trial. See Service of Process ; Civil Procedure . Some specialize in delivering papers to defendants who are deliberately trying to evade service of process . Many jurisdictions license and regulate process servers.
See Eviction ; Service of Process ; Civil Procedure .
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