The reality can be quite different.\u00a0 The process server does not always have to physically hand you the papers for you to be properly served.\u00a0 This is especially true when serving process against government officials and agencies, or corporations.\u00a0 Each state has different rules regarding what make proper service.<\/p>\n
For process service of individuals, as opposed to government or corporations, it is generally adequate for the process server<\/a> to describe the documents and place them in a place that you can see them.\u00a0 That constitutes service of process, even though you refused to accept the papers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Process Server Myth 1 – A process server must deliver your subpoena to your hands. Most of us have seen the stereotypical process server in movies, handing papers to some unsuspecting actor and declaring \u201cYou\u2019ve been served!\u201d The reality can be quite different.\u00a0 The process server does not always have to physically hand you the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Myth 1 - Process Server Must Deliver Your Subpoena to Your Hands","_seopress_titles_desc":"Most of us have seen the stereotypical process server in movies, handing papers to some unsuspecting actor and declaring \u201cYou\u2019ve been served!\u201d","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"series":[],"post_folder":[],"ppma_author":[487],"class_list":["post-3535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-process-service"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","author_meta":{"display_name":"Mike Weaver","author_link":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/author\/admin360\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1.-Process-Server-physical-hand-300x251.jpeg","coauthors":[{"link":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/author\/admin360\/","display_name":"Mike Weaver"}],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Process Service<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Process Service<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 years ago","modified":"Updated 5 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on April 14, 2021","modified":"Updated on April 14, 2021"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on April 14, 2021 10:51 am","modified":"Updated on April 14, 2021 10:51 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":null,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-14 00:14:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"authors":[{"term_id":487,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"admin360","display_name":"Mike Weaver","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e8742562f3af6e3b726cf397a7fe58715e2ca23761bf1eba53b1e2ddd6b5af2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3535"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=3535"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=3535"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360legal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=3535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}