Service of Process
for Personal Injury Cases

1.  Uploaded documents are confirmed as ready and are dispatched to the nearest process server.
2. If you have standard delivery, expect the first attempt within 3-5 business days and 1-2 business days for Rush.
3. Additional attempts are made such that they meet local court diligence requirements. The process server continues to make attempts, recording data about each attempt as they go.
4. Once they are able to make the delivery legally, service is considered complete.
5. Proof of service is signed by the process server and is available in your account. Where required by the court, it will be mailed to you.
   1. If the process server is unable to make the delivery in the number of attempts outlined by courts for due diligence, a return of non-service will be prepared, so that you can seek other options for service as available.

ABC Legal charges a flat fee for a comprehensive service of process package. Pricing ranges from $75-$145 depending on the state and includes service of process no matter where it is in the state.

That's normally 4-6 attempts at the address provided or until diligence requirements are met or the documents are delivered. We also include associated printing costs and notarization fees where notarization is required by law.

You can upgrade to rush delivery for a $65 fee.

Learn more about the quality and value you get with ABC Legal here.

Service of process laws and requirements vary state-by-state and sometimes by court. There are laws around who can deliver the documents, to whom the documents can be delivered, when delivery can occur, and how delivery should be documented. 

At ABC Legal, we have our own, high standards for process servers that meet or exceed these requirements and detailed rules in our systems that confirm compliance at every step.

Send us your documents and we'll do our uptmost to get them where they need to go.  We deliver in all 50 states. ABC Legal has the largest process server network in the U.S. with more than 2.5K active process servers who regularly deliver documents.

Learn more about our process servers here.

People are not always where you expect them to be. If we try the address you provide and we cannot complete the delivery, we'll tell you what happened so you're able to take the appropriate next steps for your personal injury case.

If you know of a second address we can try, perhaps their place of work or another place they could be staying, simply place a new order at that address and note why you think they could be there. To make this easy, if your case was non-served, you will have an Issue, Action Needed in your account. You can add the second address there. This will allow you to place the second order without re-uploading your documents or re-entering your information.

If you're certain that the person lives at the address and should be there, if you are able to provide a photo of the person being served and a person has come to the door during attempts, we can try to confirm their identity using the photo. However, if they are not answering the door, we may not be able to make progress.

When you first place your order, if you know of a day that person may be available you can let us know in the "Additional Notes". If you need us to try at a specific time of day, you may include it, but it will require a special handling fee of $65. If you require us to wait at a house for more than 10 minutes at a property, we can perform a stakeout, for $125, which covers up to an hour at a location. After an hour, there is an additional $1/minute fee, available for up to 3 hours total.

If the process server finds an indication that the person you're looking for resides at the address provided and is avoiding service, you'll have that evidence in your account if you would like to use it to move for alternative service, which may require assistance from an appropriate legal counsel.

It can take multiple attempts to deliver documents for a personal injury lawsuit because people aren't home when we knock on their door. Sometimes, people do actively avoid service. Since we've been doing this nearly 50 years, we're prepared to handle it.

Our process servers gather details during their attempts to validate residency (confirm that the person we're looking for resides there). That information, like the presence of their vehicle, packages addressed to them, or mailbox labels with their name, is made available to you, even if we can't get the person to come to the door.

With that evidence, you may be able to move for alternative service methods to complete service of process. Since alternative service requires court approval, you may want to seek legal counsel to ensure you're on track.

Yes, in most cases, we can deliver a summons and complaint for personal injury lawsuits. Process servers deliver legal documents alerting people to legal actions taken in or resulting from judgments in civil courts.

As unbiased delivery agents, process servers are eligible to deliver documents for all kinds of civil court cases, except where there are special laws or rules.  There are certain situations where process servers may not serve. In certain states, for example, third parties are not allowed in certain areas, such as on posted property, unsupervised.

Learn more about service of process and process servers here.

Process servers are able to serve documents from civil court proceedings in most cases, including personal injury. Just upload your documents and we'll get them where they need to go.