Process Server Doesn't Mind Bearing Bad News

Probably the man will always regret that stop at a traffic light. That's where Jason Swanson served the man with a judicial summons over money he owed.

Swanson is a process server in Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties and will expand to Hillsborough County in a few months. He has been notifying Pinellas residents of their involvement in legal proceedings for 15 years.

His job is to give legal notice to people of a court's jurisdiction over legal matters in which they are involved. That protects them from any surprise legal actions of which they were not aware.

Most of his clients, however, see his service not as protection but as bad news – although Swanson wryly noted, he has discovered some people feel being served with divorce papers is a blessing. Many of Swanson's cases involve matters such as credit card debt, eviction or foreclosure.

Detroit Mayor Confronted Process Server

Michigan State Police will investigate a confrontation involving Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and a process server attempting to serve a subpoena on one of his close friends, the Wayne County sheriff said Thursday.

The process server from the county prosecutor's office, accompanied by a sheriff's deputy, had gone to the home of Kilpatrick's sister, Ayanna, and her husband, Daniel Ferguson, to deliver the subpoena to Daniel Ferguson's cousin, businessman Bobby Ferguson, Sheriff Warren Evans said.

"Mayor Kilpatrick exited the house," Evans said during an evening news conference. "The (sheriff's) officer alleges the mayor pushed him with significant force to make him bump into the prosecutor's investigator."

James Thomas, one of Kilpatrick's lawyers, said the process server asked several questions of Daniel Ferguson. The mayor told the process server that Bobby Ferguson did not live there and twice asked the man to leave, then "gently escorted" him off the porch when he did not.

Ignore Photo Radar Ticket, Pay Additional FIne

The Prescott Valley Police Department implemented photo enforcement a year and a half ago to reduce speeding - and accidents.

Despite extensive media coverage, some motorists who receive tickets are uninformed, and are facing the consequences. They face a $26 process server fee - even if they attend traffic school - if they did not notify the Magistrate Court of their intentions after receiving a ticket in the mail.

The company that operates the photo-enforcement equipment, Redflex Traffic Systems of Scottsdale, hires process servers.

Bad News Is Good News For Them

No one is ever happy to get a visit from process server Tammie Culligan.

"It's always a challenge, it's definitely a challenge," she said.

Tammie spends her busy day serving people with a notice to appear in court. She says foreclosures and short sales are through the roof in Hillsborough County.

It seems, these days, business is good for those in the business of delivering bad news.

Man With Shotgun Allegedly Confronts Debt Process Server

A 47-year-old Battle Ground man went to jail Monday evening after he allegedly fired a shotgun near a process server who came to present legal papers about a debt.

Max Berry was arrested on suspicion of felony first-degree assault at the home of his mother, Ruth Berry, at 9406 N.E. 219th St., said Sgt. Mike McCabe with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.

The process server called 911 at 7:52 p.m., saying he arrived with the papers and Max Berry had fired a shotgun. The server had retreated across the street.

Berry had fired the shotgun near the server, toward a tree stump near busy 219th Street, to get the server to leave the property, McCabe said. No one was injured in the blast.

Judge Dismisses Appeal to Strike Out Poll Petition

Mr. Walter Nyambati Osebe filed an application on February 11, seeking to strike out a petition challenging his election last December as MP for Kitutu Masaba.

Mr Mose Nyambega, a city lawyer and one of the 33 candidates who contested the seat, filed the petition on January 22.

Osebe’s application to cancel the petition was based on two grounds: That he had not been served with the petition and that the petitioner had not complied with the law regarding service of election petitions.

ProVest Opens Maryland Office to Navigate New Foreclosure Laws

Process server management platform ProVest announced Monday that the company has opened a new office in Maryland that will help local attorneys and servicers meet the demands of new state legislation that requires private process servers to personally deliver a notice of foreclosure to homeowners in default before the process begins.

Process Servers in Demand Due to Economic Conditions

Due to the current economic conditions, there has been a rise in litigation, foreclosures and collections - all which has increased the demand for process servers. In wake of this demand, ServeNow.com is proud to announce that it acquired ProcessServers.com. The acquisition will strengthen ServeNow.com's ability to help legal professionals find local, pre-screened process serving professionals throughout the United States and Canada.

"This is an exciting milestone for our company," said Mike MacDonald, ServeNow.com Brand Manager. "We're now able to offer process servers the opportunity to reach more of their potential clients, and legal professionals an additional place to find local, pre-screened process servers."