IIRC states have laws about deliberately avoiding process servers, and can treat deliberate avoidance as if a person has been served. The days of chasing and physically touching a person with the notice are long gone.
Three attenpts at serving in NY. Can’t serve on Sunday. Not on Sat if they can prove religious observance.
It’s like the casting of the ruins with this witch...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casting_the_Runes