Process Server Hot Topics: Analysis of All Worked Up, Serving Two People at One Location, and More
- January 27, 2013
- by Kimberly Faber
- In the News
- Social Media
This week process servers are coming up all over the news, in threads, and social media. This week's hot topics include an analysis of the service style portrayed on All Worked Up, a bill to make assault on a process server a class D felony in New York, serving two people at one address, and more. Here are just a few highlights of what members of the process serving profession are talking about:
An analysis of All Worked Up: What did the process server do right, what did they do wrong?
A video of All Worked Up's Bryan Mcelderry has brought up some conversation about what he did wrong, what he did right, and what process servers in general think of the show. Comments include "He's such a phony drama queen!" "Everything on the show is staged," and "His attitude causes a great deal of his problems. He doesn't need to go into the details of who's bringing them to court and why."
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Video: Bryan Mcelderry completing a serve on All Worked Up
Watch the video to see the 4 minute, 22 second exchange between Mcelderry, the person filing the lawsuit, and the recipient of the papers. Rumors are the whole thing is staged.
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New York senator introduces bill to make it a class D felony to assault a process server
Larry Yellon announces that New York senator Catherine Young has introduced sentae bill S 2599 that will make it a class D felony to assault a process server while he or she is in the process of serving papers.
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Is there a legal definition of the term skip-tracing?
A group member poses the question of whether or not there is a legal definition of this commonly used term. He shares that some companies consider looking in a phone book skip-tracing. Group members are sharing their thoughts.
If you have to serve a husband and wife individually and they live at the same address, do you charge full price for each?
A tricky questions. When you have two individuals that need to be served separately at the same address, do you charge the full price of one serve, two serves, or a discounted rate? 61 comments so far.
What do you think?
This Week's Top Commenters:
Kat Thompson
Started LinkedIn conversation on serving two people at one address
Savage Process Service
Shared articles on Facebook
Dave Lung
+1'd an article on Google Plus
Up and coming conversations you won't want to miss
Here are just a few of the conversations happening right now:
- Process server assault map reaches 50 assaults
- Man accused of sticking gun in process server's face
- Serving guests of the state
- Do I file the affidavit with the nearest court or in the originating county?
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