Isn’t it usually the sheriff’s office which does the serving?
“Isn’t it usually the sheriff’s office which does the serving?”
There are at least two ways to do it. For some applications you’d pay the Sherriff, and they’ll send a deputy. If I’m evicting someone, I go that route as evictees are sometimes drugged-up crazies. There are also professional process servers. You might use them if the person you are trying to serve is ducking service. They’ll hunt them down, lay in wait, and then spring out and say, “Sir! You are served.” AT that point, they can just drop the papers as the person being served will usually slam the door or run away. The court will take their testimony and declare the service valid. (At least where I live.)