Canadian Process Server Enjoying the Fast Track to Success

Jim Carr knows what it takes to succeed. The 67-year-old family man has built a successful Canadian process serving company in Hamilton, Ontario, from the ground up, and more recently has began to experience success in an entirely different industry – horse racing.

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Illinois Association of Professional Process Servers Opposes Proposed Bill

The Illinois Association of Professional Process Servers (IAPPS) was recently formed to provide education and training to the profession of process servers in Illinois. Our Association has established a Code of Ethics and Best Practices. Our members are committed to practicing the highest professional standards.

ILAPPS opposes as currently drafted two identical bills filed in both chambers: SB2069 and HB1450. These bills would create the offense of false impersonation and make it illegal for agents to be armed for personal protection.

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How To Identify Someone Who May Be Evading Service

Not only do process servers have a number of duties and responsibilities when service of process goes as planned, but when service becomes difficult these responsibilities increase exponentially. It is of utmost importance that process servers ensure that their service adheres to both state law and their clients’ instructions so as to be valid. Failure to do so can result in a number of problems such as increased costs and time for both the client and the server. Accordingly, ensuring that the party who is to be served actually is the person served oftentimes requires thinking outside of the box when faced with a difficult target.

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Proposed Bill Aimed at Protecting Illinois Process Servers

The Illinois Association of Professional Process Servers (ILAPPS) is pleased to announce its first legislative initiative of the year. SB2004 was introduced by Senator Mike Jacobs (D Moline). It elevates from a misdemeanor to a felony any assault or battery to a process server. Recent attacks prompted the formation of the Association. The bill will go to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where testimony will be presented.

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Six Tips to Help Process Servers Get Paid on Time

As a process server, you likely pride yourself on quick and timely deliverance of your client’s papers. Sometimes you don’t receive the same courtesy when it comes to clients quickly delivering your payment. It is never enjoyable when process servers, or investigators for that matter, have to take on the money-chasing duties of the collection agencies they sometimes have as clients.

Click here to read on and discover six important steps you should take with your business to make sure you are paid on time.