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Accurate Serve® has been serving legal papers in Motor City since 2020. We’ve come a long way since our 2009 beginnings in Florida, now with offices in 6 states! Our services out of the Detroit office include process service, document retrievals, skip tracing and diligent searches, and we work all over the entire state of Michigan. In this post, we’ll be discussing the types of papers that process servers are typically responsible for serving. Summons and Complaints Summons and complaints

Skip tracing is a powerful tool used by professionals to locate individuals who have become difficult to find. At Accurate Serve® of Detroit, we typically use skip tracing to locate a process recipient that is difficult to find. However, skip tracing has many uses beyond process serving, including locating someone who owes a debt, locating a missing family member, or even finding someone who is owed money in an estate. Skip tracing is an effective way to locate those who

As a process service agency based in Detroit, Michigan, we often get asked whether it is better to use a process server or the local sheriff for serving legal documents. While both options are available, each has its advantages and disadvantages, depending on the specific circumstances of the case. In this post, we will discuss the pros and cons of each option and help you make an informed decision. Process Server One of the main advantages of using a process

We’ve all seen a scene in a movie where a process server attempts to serve lawsuit papers to an unwilling defendant, who quickly escapes without accepting the documents, avoiding the legal matter until they encounter the process server again. However, in the real world, this isn’t how it happens. Even if a defendant or other person being served refuses to accept the paperwork, once they’ve been identified, the service is considered valid and the court case will proceed. What if

While most court cases here in Michigan are between residents of our state, there are times when the defendant or witness named in a case doesn’t live in Michigan. This is especially true for many auto accidents that occur on our state’s highways and interstates. So how does a plaintiff in Michigan have a process served on a defendant or witness who does not reside in Michigan? No Big Differences Luckily, there aren’t any real differences in how Michigan residents

Once you have filed your civil lawsuit in Detroit, the clock starts ticking to get the case process served. Only once the process is served can the case move forward, so getting it done as quickly as possible is always the best policy. But exactly how long do you have to get a case’s process served in Michigan? Timeline to Serve Process in Michigan According to Michigan’s laws of Civil Procedure, a hearing date must be at least 15 days,

If you are an attorney or individual who has filed a civil case in Detroit, your next step is to make sure that the defendants and witnesses named in your case are properly served with the case documents, including a court summons.  Michigan Process Server Requirements Here in Michigan, there is no official process server certification program or policy. Instead, Michigan has established just two requirements for anyone serving process in the state. Any process server in Michigan must:

If you’re just getting started as a process server, you’re probably wondering the best ways to boost your workload and become successful as a server. Well, you’ve come to the right place! Here at Accurate Serve® of Detroit, we know all about finding success as a process server. In this post, we’ll go over our top tips for getting started in this industry. Be Prepared Preparation is essential for any process server. You need to know everything about the person

Michigan is one of many states that doesn’t have a certification or licensing program requirement for process servers. Instead, anyone over the age of 18 who is competent and is not named in the court proceedings may serve process in Michigan. However, just because the rules about who can be a process server aren’t very strict doesn’t mean that process servers here can just do whatever they want. There are still rules that Michigan process servers must follow. In this