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December Update

Message from the Founder Warmest regards, Beau Charlet Franchisee: Plantation Greetings to everyone who has the pleasure of reading our monthly newsletter. Happy holidays! Happy New Year! Accurate Serve Plantation is moving into our 5th year since we first opened doors for business. We know this will be a major milestone for our office and just being a small business in general. We couldn’t have done so well without our loyal clients and other franchisees we have the opportunity to

Beau Charlet December 23, 2019

Can You Serve Someone in the Hospital?

Serving legal papers can sometimes be difficult if you are unable to locate the person needing to be served. If the person is in the hospital, you may wonder if they can still be served. There are a few rules about this. Here’s what you need to know. HIPPA Rules The hospital staff and the private process server have to observe the rules of HIPPA. This means that in some cases the hospital staff may not be able to tell

Beau Charlet December 15, 2019

November Newsletter

Message from the Founder Computation of Time and an FYI This month we are going to touch on computation of time. As you can see below, we have referenced Rule 1.090 of Civil Procedure. Florida Rules of Civil Procedure RULE 1.090 TIME (a) Computation. In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by these rules, by order of court, or by any applicable statute, the day of the act, event, or default from which the designated period of time

Beau Charlet November 19, 2019

What You Need to Know About Process Servers and the Holidays

It can be frustrating to get a court case started around the holidays. Holidays always cause some delays in getting court dates scheduled. The holidays can also slow down the process of getting your legal papers served. Here’s what you need to know about process servers and the holidays. No Legal Reason Not to Serve There is no legal reason not to serve papers during the holidays. In fact, papers can be served almost anytime or anywhere within reason. However,

Beau Charlet November 15, 2019

October Newsletter

Message from the Founder Update on E-Signing We did a Newsletter article in June 2019 about the signing of House Bill 91, and it’s ramifications. One of those, was the fact that process servers could now e-sign their Returns in lieu of printing the Return, signing it and then scanning. Once the new law had taken place, our software programmer worked diligently in incorporating an e-sign feature through the App our Servers use to update service jobs. In the past

Beau Charlet October 21, 2019

How Social Media Is Used by Private Process Servers

Private process servers use a number of tools to locate people and serve papers. Skip tracing, digital public records, GPS, and other technology allow them to do their job correctly and efficiently. With the constantly changing times, private process servers must update or add new technology to assist them. Social media is one of the things that private process servers are really starting to use more frequently. Locating Resident City While it is true that some people do not update

Beau Charlet October 15, 2019

September Newsletter

Message from the Founder Back to School Special All over the country, boys and girls of all ages are returning to the classrooms to broaden their minds and increase their knowledge bases. Below are a few categories of those ages and how it can affect or relate to service of process. K – 8: What I want to touch on here is routines. If you are a parent, you generally wake up at the same time to get kids ready

Beau Charlet September 25, 2019

How Process Servers Are Protected

When you have a legal matter that needs papers served to another party, your best bet is to hire a private process server to handle the matter for you. However, many people do not consider the dangers that a private process server is in every day while doing their job. Thankfully, private process servers are protected by the law. Here’s what you need to know if you have a difficult serve coming up. Non-Violent Refusal of Service According to Florida

Beau Charlet September 15, 2019

August Newsletter

Message from the Founder Recharge Those Batteries Earlier this month our team had the great pleasure of coming together for our annual franchise retreat. This year’s Retreat was in St. Augustine, FL. The weekend started with a group dinner at Beaches of Vilano. After that, it was to the historic downtown area where many of the local drinking establishments were visited. The next day started with a historical Segway tour of the city, which was awesome. Did you know there

Beau Charlet August 27, 2019

Three Surprising Rules that Private Process Servers Have to Follow

There are a lot of rules that private process servers have to follow. The courts have specific rules and regulations for how papers must be served depending on the type of case involved, but there are also some rules about how the process server must conduct themselves. Here are three rules that might surprise you. Be Honest About Who They Are You might have seen some tactics used on television or in movies where process servers pretend to be delivering

Beau Charlet August 15, 2019