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.