Civil Law Suits

Due to the large number of civil suits that are filed in courts across the country every day, sheriff's departments cannot keep up with all of the documents that needs to be served in regard to...

In civil lawsuits, providing the other side with adequate notice is an important element that helps keeps the proceedings, well, civil. All states have time limits by which complaints must be...

Process servers are men and women legally empowered to pursue you at home, at work and in public to serve you with legal documents detailing action being taken against you. The documents they...

A subpoena is a writ issued by a court ordering a person or a representative of a business to appear at a trial. Subpoenaing the phone company to provide phone records in support of a case is a...

A process server fulfills several functions. A process server serves the defendant in a civil lawsuit with summons and petition or complaint filed by the plaintiff in a case. A process server...

Process servers are the people who deliver important court documents on defendants or people named in a lawsuit. The laws that control this line of work vary by state. In Arizona, they can be...

A summons is a legal notice from a court stating that someone is bringing an action against someone. Key details of the summons include who is bringing about the action (the plaintiff), who is the...

In some states, the parties involved in a lawsuit are required to have a settlement conference to try to settle the case without having to go to court. During a settlement conference, the parties...

There are strict rules for serving legal process on a party to a lawsuit. Acceptable methods of serving legal process include constructive service, mailed notice and acknowledgment of receipt,...