Hello all and welcome back to Oklahoma Judicial Process Servers. I’m Makayla, your host, and today process servers will be joining us today to share the 5 most creative ways a process server got a defendant served. Do not touch the dial; sit tight and enjoy. Don’t forget that, for top-notch private investigation services in Oklahoma and process serving, which you cannot get elsewhere, call Oklahoma Judicial Process Servers at (405) 593-3515.
Introduction to the case
A process server is authorized to deliver legal documents to recipients who are usually the defendants or witnesses in the legal case. Some of the legal documents that are served to these recipients include summonses, complaints, and subpoenas. There are rules, regulations, and laws of process serving that the process server in Oklahoma must follow, and the most important one is that service must be done properly and on time. But recipients of the legal documents oftentimes make the service difficult, if not impossible. They are either missing or intentionally evasive, which means that the process server must look for creative ways to ensure that service is effective. Some of these creative ways to ensure that service is done include’
1. The Fake Delivery
So many process servers who have worked for private investigation agencies or independently for their clients have at one point or another used the fake delivery method to carry out service of process. They disguise themselves as a delivery person who has the responsibility of serving legal documents at the defendant’s doorstep. They knock on the door, and when the recipient opens it, thinking that it is a delivery for them, they are handed over the legal documents and told that they are served.
2. The Social Media Operation
Evasive recipients make service of legal documents extremely difficult. But the best process server knows that sometimes they have to use social media to track down the defendant. With the awareness that the defendant may not want to interact with them if they are aware that they are interacting with a process server, the process server will create a fake social media profile, send a friend request, and become friends or followers of the recipient online. Through that, they can get information like the location of the defendant based on their posts, which makes it easy to track down the defendant and serve them.
3. The Coffee Shop Ambush
For proper and timely service, process servers have to sometimes carry out surveillance on the recipient. Through surveillance, they know the movements and routines of the defendant. If the defendant is someone who loves visiting coffee shops, the process server can also time their visit. A process server has once joined a waiting line in a coffee shop and then waited for the perfect moment to serve the recipient. It took a lot of work, but the goal of service was achieved.
4. The Fake Job Interview
This took a lot of work but one time, a process server used a job interview stunt to serve the recipient. The process server posed as a hiring manager and scheduled a job interview with the defendant. When the defendant arrived for the interview, the process server handed him the legal documents instead of discussing the job opportunity because in reality there was no job opportunity in the first place.
5. The Sporting Event Serve
The fifth creative way that a process server has effected service is by carrying out the service of legal documents at a sporting event. The process server noticed that the recipient loved going to sporting events and knew that that was the only place the service could be carried out. So, the process server went to the event as other game enthusiasts did, tapped the recipient on the shoulder while he was watching the game, and ensured that service was done before leaving.
Conclusion
Since there are always deadlines for service, process servers must try their best to ensure that service is done even when the recipient is being evasive. The five creative ways shared here are tested and true because service must be done no matter what if legal proceedings are to proceed the way they are supposed to. At Oklahoma Judicial Process Servers we understand that our clients need the best process servers in Oklahoma City to help them with their process serving needs and ensure that service is carried out no matter what. So, to learn more about our services, visit our website at https://oklahomajudicialprocessservers.com. You can email us at info@ojpslegal.com. Call us or text us at (405) 593-3515 today.
