Process Server FAQs - Your Questions Answered

We require pre-payment of our services on most cases. We can accept any major credit card, check, or cash. Established Clients, payment terms may be negotiated.

This is very hard to predict and timelines can vary from case to case. Under perfect conditions, the typical time to serve papers is 5-7 days. Sometimes, even sooner. It is important to understand that many variables effect turn-around-time such as: no one home, unusual work schedules, avoiding service, incorrect address, missing/wrong apartment number, etc. All Pro Legal Services will make every reasonable effort to serve your papers timely, but just as importantly, in an accurate and professional manner.

Our standard price includes up to 3 attempts at a singe address. This includes day, evening, and weekend attempts. If we are unsuccessful after 3 attempts, we provide you with an affidavit of diligence outlining our attempts and their results.

This is a three-part answer.
1) In the State of Utah, Attorneys must file the proof of service electronically.
2) We can file in most Justice Courts within the State of Utah.
3) If the case is from out of state, we will return the proof of service to you for filing at your local court in the proper manner.

Sometimes we are not able to locate the defendant to have them served, or we believe that the defendant is trying to avoid service. After using “reasonable diligence” to find the person, All Pro Legal Services will provide you with an affidavit of diligence that you can present to the court. With this affidavit, you may ask the court for permission to use “alternative service” by filing a Motion and Order of alternative service with our affidavit. Utah law allows the judge to order various methods to notify someone of the lawsuit and APLS has been successful in fulfilling legal service through these methods.

Utah law requires that when a lawsuit is filed with the court, the defendant must be notified of the case by providing them with copies of all the papers and give time to respond to the complaint and prepare for a hearing if one is set. Utah also requires that process be served by a person that is not a party to the action. When papers cannot be served after “reasonable diligence” the court may authorize alternative service. The judge may approve multiple methods such as Text, Email, Posting, and social media. The court requires that detailed information and additional documentation accompany the Affidavit of Service. All Pro Legal Services is proficient in these methods and very successful in achieving proper service by alternative means and meeting all court requirements.

There are many methods that can be used to locate individuals. The internet is very useful in this endeavor. Many searches can be free, and many others are fee based. All Pro Legal Services uses many methods that may help if you are unsuccessful in your own search. This may include searching: Public record databases, Courthouse records, Postal tracers, Social Media platforms, and fee-based person searches. After locating the defendant, we send out our licensed Private Investigators to serve your documents. It is not always possible to locate a person. If this is the case, and after this additional and “reasonable diligence” to locate them, these skip tracing attempts can be added to our affidavit of diligence which can support your motion for service by alternative methods.