Process Server in Norman, Oklahoma FAQs

A process server in Norman, OK from a private investigation agency in Norman serves court documents and other legal papers in an official capacity as an officer of the court to other individuals, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and governmental agencies.

Lots of people end up needing the services of process servers in Norman, OK. Law firms and large businesses sometimes need them on a regular basis, while most individuals do note require process servers in Norman from private investigation agencies in Norman, Oklahoma very often. Many times, people only learn what a process server in Norman, Oklahoma from a private investigation agency in Norman, Oklahoma is, when she/he/they have some type of court action arise.

Most of the clients who end up hiring a process server in Norman, Oklahoma from our private detective agency in Norman, Oklahoma typically fall into one of the following categories:

1. Businesses
2. Individuals
3. Non-profit Organizations
4. Governmental Agencies

Need a court document or other legal paper served in a hurry? No need to worry! Please just contact our private investigation agency today and speak with a licensed process server in Norman, OK now! 😊

Process servers in Norman, OK from private detective agencies in Norman, OK serve many different types of legal documents. Some of these court papers include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Small Claims Affidavits and Orders
• Subpoenas Duces Tecum
• Subpoenas for Deposition
• Indirect Contempt Citations
• Petitions and Summonses
• Victim Protection Orders (VPOs)
• Temporary Restraining Orders (TROs)
• Letters to Cease and Desist
• Letters of Termination/Non-Renewal
• Petitions and Summonses for Forcible Entry and Detainer (Eviction Papers)
• Notices to Pay or Quit (Pre-Eviction Papers)
• Hearings on Assets
• Demand Letters

Process servers in Norman, Oklahoma from our private investigation agency in Norman, OK can serve just about any kind of legal documents you want. If you need help with your process serving in Norman, Oklahoma order, please contact us today for more assistance. 😊

There are many factors which ultimately affect how much a client will pay for process serving in Norman at our private detective agency in Norman, OK. These pricing factors are as follow:

Number of Available Process Servers/Size of the Location:

The larger the city our process server in Oklahoma from our private detective agency in Oklahoma is serving court documents in, the cheaper it will probably be. Unless it is an expensive state/city like New York City that will obviously cost more, most larger towns and city locations have more process servers from private investigation agencies.

Having more process servers in Oklahoma from private detective agencies in Oklahoma mean our process servers need only to travel shorter distances. When the location to serve someone at is very remote, our process servers in Oklahoma from our private detective agency in Oklahoma must travel further distances to and from the location, if our private investigation agency in Oklahoma has no process servers in Oklahoma in that area.

Process Server in Norman, OK’s Speed of Service:

Sometimes our clients need process serving in Norman completed on a routine basis, with the process server in Norman, OK at our private investigation agency in Norman, OK making the first attempt within three (3) to seven (7) business days. The matter may not be urgent, and there may be weeks or even a month or more before the court date.

Other court matters have extremely short timeframes and thus require that a process server in Norman from our private investigation agency in Norman begin service the same day. When our clients require rush/immediate service, our process servers in Norman at our private investigation agency in Norman pushes that particular serve up in front of all the other serves that other clients have paid for on a routine basis in order to try to complete it as soon as possible.

Process Server in Norman, Oklahoma’s Stakeouts:

Some respondents/defendants take every possible measure to try to avoid having a process server in Norman, OK from our private detective agency in Norman, OK serve her/him/them with legal documents. Thus, in these cases sometimes the only possibility is for our process server in Norman, Oklahoma from our private investigation agency in Norman, Oklahoma to sit and wait outside of her/his/their home or workplace and try to catch the respondent/defendant coming or going. For an hourly fee, our process server in Norman from our private investigation agency in Norman is more than happy to try this tactic.

Multiple Sets of Attempts by a Process Server in Norman, Oklahoma:

Most of the time, a process server in Norman from our private investigation agency in Norman can get an individual served within the standard number of attempts on service. Sometimes, the defendant/respondent has been avoiding service, or perhaps has moved locations or has been on vacation. Sometimes the defendant/respondent could be a truck driver and might not come home very often, thus making getting good service very difficult.

Our process servers in Norman, OK at our private detective agency in Norman, OK are more than happy to make a second round of attempts beyond their standard four (4) or perhaps two (2) or three (3) in smaller towns. There is an extra fee, just as there is to try a new address. This fee covers mileage, fuel, repairs, etc., that each process server in Norman, Oklahoma at our private investigation agency in Norman, Oklahoma must incur as a business expense.

Nationwide Skip Tracing by a Process Server in Norman, OK or Private Investigator in Norman:

Sometimes our clients do not have a valid home or business address for our process servers in Norman, Oklahoma at our private detective agency in Norman, Oklahoma attempt. At other times, our clients may think they have a decent address for us to try at, and when our process server in Norman at our private detective agency in Norman attempts it the address may be vacant, have a new tenant/resident, etc. Not to fear! 😊

Our private investigation agency in Norman, OK also offers nationwide skip tracing via our process servers in Norman, OK and our private investigators in Norman, OK. Our nationwide skip tracing allows our process servers in Norman and private investigators in Norman at our private investigation agency in Norman to gather certain information from our clients and use it to try to locate the defendant/respondent.

If you as our client need an address for us to attempt and desire nationwide skip tracing, our process serving in Norman, Oklahoma, please contact a process server in Norman, Oklahoma or private detective in Norman, Oklahoma at our private detective agency in Norman, Oklahoma today.

Number of Pages Our Process Server in Norman, OK Must Print Out:

Some of our clients send thousands of pages of paper for our process servers in Norman, OK at our private detective agency in Norman, OK to print out. Others send one (1). Unless our process serving in Norman, Oklahoma clients send our process servers in Norman, OK at our private investigation agency in Norman, OK ten (10) pages or more to print out, there is no charge for printing. If our clients send ten (10) or more pages for our process servers in Norman at our private investigation agency in Norman to print out, there is a small fee for all the pages.

Whether You Require Domestication of Documents/Filing by Our Process Servers in Norman, OK:

Legally speaking, clients must file out of state subpoenas issues from state courts in with the county clerk where the defendant/respondent resides. Courts seldom charge a fee to have it filed in/domesticated, and if they do it is very minimal. Our process servers in Norman, OK at our private investigation agency in Norman, Oklahoma are happy to assist with this filing for a small extra fee. Courts do not usually require the domestication of federal subpoenas.

Also, some clients need the entire case (i.e., summons and petition) filed in with the court clerk, or perhaps they need an additional pleading filed in before having our process server in Norman from our private investigation agency in Norman serve it upon a respondent/defendant. In this case, our process server in Norman, OK from our private detective agency in Norman is more than happy to print out extra copies and to pay the fee to the court clerk on the client’s behalf. Our clients just add that fee back in with what they pay us as compensation.

Witness Fees Added in by Our Process Servers in Norman, Oklahoma:

Subpoenas duces tecum and subpoenas for deposition are supposed to have accompanying witness fees to cover the cost of copies of documents and for witness fees/mileage for witnesses subpoenaed to testify. Our clients are free to provide their own witness fee checks with these documents, or a process server in Norman, OK at our private investigation agency in Norman, Oklahoma can provide it for them and then receive reimbursement from the client for the necessary fee.

Especially Dangerous Defendants/Respondents – Process Server in Norman’s Safety:

Some defendants/respondents are bad and dangerous, and our process serving in Norman, Oklahoma clients have a legal responsibility to inform our private investigation agency in Norman, OK of this beforehand. If our client knows that the defendant/respondent is particularly dangerous, our private detective agency in Norman, OK might assess an extra fee to take another armed bodyguard in Norman or private detective in Norman, Oklahoma for added assistance and protection.

If a client fails to warn our process servers in Norman, OK at our private detective agency in Norman that a particular defendant/respondent is particularly dangerous and the defendant/respondent attempts to harm or injures/kills our process server in Norman, OK at our private investigation agency in Norman, OK, then our private investigation agency in Norman, Oklahoma also reserves the right to assess a very high fee upon the client. Our process servers in Norman, Oklahoma at our private investigation agency in Norman, OK always deserve to know in advance if a known danger exists.

Governmental Agency Fees Our Process Server in Norman, OK Must Pay:

Some governmental agencies like the Oklahoma Secretary of State charge a fee for the “privilege” of having them serve the papers for our client on their behalf. This typically applies to businesses. Usually, this fee is about twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or thereabouts, and they allow a process server in Norman from our private investigation agency in Norman, OK to bring several copies of the papers and the necessary fee with them to their location when serving businesses only with non-subpoena court papers. For obvious reasons, our clients must cover these additional fees that our process servers in Norman, Oklahoma from our private detective agency in Norman must pay.

There are several types of service of process, and the courts consider some of them to be effective one hundred percent (100%) of the time, while others are not valid at all in some circumstances. The following are the different types of service of process:

Personal Service:

The courts consider personal service as the most effective method of service. This is where a process server in Norman, Oklahoma at a private investigation agency in Norman, Oklahoma or a sheriff’s deputy personally places the court or other legal documents into the hands of the individual/registered agent that is the subject/defendant/respondent of the court matter. This method is best, in that it ensures that the person directly involved in the court case has the documents.

Courts also accept as personal service cases where a plaintiff/petitioner respondent sends the court documents to the defendant/respondent via certified U.S. Mail with a return receipt and the defendant/respondent personally signs for them.

Substitute Service:

Many court jurisdictions allow for substitute service, which is where a process server in Norman, OK from a private investigation agency in Norman, OK or a sheriff’s deputy leaves the court documents for a defendant/respondent with someone else who also resides at the home with the residence with her/him/them who is over the age of fifteen-and-a-half (15 ½).

For businesses, governmental agencies, and nonprofit organizations, a process server in Norman at a Norman private investigation agency may leave the documents with a legal secretary or managerial staff, if the registered agent for the corporation, governmental agency, or non-profit organization is unavailable. The courts also consider this as valid substitute service.

Please remember that not all states, such as Texas, accept substitute service as valid service of process. Most states, such as Oklahoma, place restrictions on what documents a process server in Norman, OK from a private investigation agency in Norman, OK or sheriff’s deputy may serve via substitute service.

Other states, like California, require that a process server in Norman from a private detective agency in Norman, Oklahoma require a process server in Norman, OK from a private investigation agency in Norman, OK or sheriff’s deputy to make a certain number of attempts before serving documents upon a defendant/respondent at a valid address via substitute service with any California papers. They also require that the client/process server in Norman at a private investigation agency in Norman/sheriff’s deputy also mail out a copy of the documents to the defendant/respondent via regular U.S. Mail.

Process servers in Norman, OK from private investigation agencies in Norman, Oklahoma should always check the laws in both their states and the states where the papers they are serving may originate, prior to serving court documents. This helps ensure that the courts will not throw out the service of process by a process server in Norman at a private investigation agency in Norman. 😊

Nail and Mail/Posting:

Courts do not allow process servers in Norman, OK at private investigation agencies in Norman, OK to serve court documents via posting or “nail and mail” as some legal professionals refer to it as in most cases. Considered one of the least effective methods of process serving in Norman, courts in Oklahoma only allow it in very limited instances.

As far as evictions go, a process server in Norman, Oklahoma from a private detective agency in Norman, Oklahoma may post the initial notice to pay or quit on the front door of the respondent/defendant/evictee without hindering the eviction process.

However, in cases where a property owner merely wants possession of her/his/their property and does not care about a money judgment, a process server in Norman, Oklahoma from a private investigation agency in Norman, OK may only post the next set of eviction documents, the summons and petition for forcible entry and detainer, on the front door of the defendant/respondent and must also mail out a copy of the documents to the same address via certified U.S. Mail with a return receipt.

If the defendant/respondent ends up signing for the court papers and the property owner receives the green card back from the U.S. Post Service prior to the court date, then the courts do count it as personal service that makes the property owner eligible for both a money judgment and possession of the property in question. Of course, in most cases defendants are unable to sign for the legal documents prior to the eviction, hearing because they come up quickly.

In some limited circumstances where a defendant/respondent is avoiding service of process via certified U.S. Mail with a return receipt, via a process server in Norman at a private investigation agency in Norman, or from a sheriff’s deputy, a judge might grant a special order allowing a process server in Norman, OK from a private investigation agency in Norman, OK and/or a sheriff’s deputy to serve the court documents upon a defendant/respondent by simply posting the documents to the person’s door. This does not happen very  often, but sometimes it is the only choice and the judge has likely grown frustrated by the defendant’s/respondent’s behavior.

Service Via the Opposing Party’s Legal Counsel:

Process Servers in Norman, OK at private investigation agencies in Norman, OK and sheriffs’ deputies can often serve a respondent/defendant via her/his/their attorney, if indeed she/he/they has/have one. Some states count this as personal service, while others consider it to be substitute service. Oftentimes attorneys will simply waive formal service and will accept it via email or via certified U.S. Mail with a return receipt back and forth.

Certified Mailing:

As mentioned above, clients may also mail out court documents to respondents/defendants via certified U.S. Mail with a return receipt. If the respondent/defendant personally signs for the court documents, the courts consider the service as valid personal service. If the respondent/defendant is willing to do accept service, this method can be great.

While this method can cost less than choosing to hire a process server in Norman, OK at a private detective agency in Norman, OK or a sheriff’s deputy to do process serving in Norman, Oklahoma, most defendants/respondents do not sign for the documents that clients send via certified mailing unless the defendant/respondent is a large business, governmental agency, etc. Thus, the client has wasted even more time and money, because she/he/they usually end up having to hire a process server in Norman, Oklahoma from a private investigation agency in Norman, Oklahoma or a sheriff’s deputy anyway.

Service by Publication:

Courts often consider service via publication as the “service of last resort.” In some limited cases, such as in a divorce matter, a judge might allow a petitioner/plaintiff who has exhausted all other legal remedies to simply publish an official legal notice of the case in a legal journal such as The Journal Record over a series of months. This type of service assumes the most optimistic view that hopefully the defendant/respondent will see the matter against her/him/them and will answer it accordingly.

The State of Oklahoma requires personal service only for all the following types of legal documents originating from the State of Oklahoma:

• Subpoenas
• Victim Protection Orders (VPOs)
• Hearings on Assets
• Indirect Contempt Citations

The courts all consider these matters mentioned above to be especially important. Therefore, they require personal service only for the court documents above.

Also, some states like Texas require all their legal documents to be personally served, regardless of what they are. So, process servers in Norman, Oklahoma from a private investigation agency in Norman must keep in mind that they must not serve anyone with any papers from Texas in any manner other than personal service.

Additionally, some states like California permit substitute service by a process server in Norman, Oklahoma at a private investigation agency in Norman, Oklahoma. However, a process server in Norman, OK from a private detective agency in Norman may only make substitute service on the third attempt. Even so, the process server in Norman at a private investigation agency in Norman or the client must also send out a copy of the documents via regular U.S. Mail to that same address.

Yes, there are process server training classes online and in-person in Oklahoma at schools like SOR Training Center. Sadly, the State of Oklahoma does not require process servers in Oklahoma at private investigation agencies in Oklahoma to undergo any sort of classes or training prior to licensure, even though such training could immensely help process servers in Norman, OK at all private detective agencies in Norman.

No, a process server in Oklahoma City from a private investigation agency in Oklahoma receives an Oklahoma process server license that is valid throughout the entire State of Oklahoma. However, process servers in Oklahoma may not serve in other states, and process servers in Arkansas and other states may not serve court documents in Oklahoma.

A process server in Norman, OK from a private investigation agency in Norman, Oklahoma receives a statewide process serving license for the entire State of Oklahoma. Thus, the Oklahoma process server license allows process servers in Oklahoma from private investigation agencies in Oklahoma City to serve anywhere in Oklahoma. 😊

Brand new process servers in Oklahoma at private investigation agencies in Norman, OK receive an initial valid process server in Norman license for a period of one (1) year. Thereafter, a process server in Oklahoma at a private detective agency in Norman may renew her/his/their Oklahoma process server license every three (3) years.

The National Association of Professional Process Servers, also known as NAPPS, is a professional organization for process servers throughout the United States of America. It offers networking opportunities to process servers in Norman, OK at private detective agencies in Norman and other states. They also have places for process servers to post jobs and perform many other functions. This is a very noteworthy professional organization for a process server in Norman, OK at a private detective agency in Norman, OK to join.

Yes, to find evasive and otherwise hard-to-locate respondents/defendants, our process servers in Norman and private detectives in Norman at our private detective agency in Norman, Oklahoma are more than happy to conduct nationwide skip tracing for our clients. You can find out more information about nationwide skip tracing here.

When defendants/respondents move out of their homes, apartments, or office buildings to another location, many file a change of address form with their United States Post Office so they can receive their mail at the new location. Who does not want to get her/his/their mail, right?

Also, some individuals maintain post office boxes at the United States Post Office, so they can receive mail but keep their home and/or office locations more private. This is a very common tactic that defendants/respondents who are avoiding a process server in Norman, Oklahoma from a private investigation agency in Norman, OK will often use to try to fly under the radar.

In order to try to locate an evasive defendant/respondent, a Norman process server at a Norman private investigation agency might file a special address information request form with the USPS to find out where the person had her/his/their mail forwarded to or the physical/911 address to whom a P.O. Box belongs/the person’s actual place of residence.

A process server in Norman, OK or a private detective in Norman, OK at a private detective agency in Norman, OK who are requesting this information using the form in the link above need to bring their Oklahoma process server license and/or Oklahoma private investigator license with them. Otherwise, the postal workers at the United States Postal Service may not assist them.

Oklahoma does not place any limit on the days or times when process servers in Norman at private investigation agencies in Norman can serve court documents. This helps provide Oklahoma process servers with great flexibility and freedom to serve court documents at their leisure, anytime, any day. 😊 Of course, for safety and practical reasons most process servers in Norman, Oklahoma from private detective agencies in Norman, Oklahoma usually perform process serving in Norman from about 6:00 am to about 10:00 pm.

Other states, such as Texas, place restriction on the days a process server in Norman, OK from a private detective agency can serve. No process server in Norman from a private detective agency in Norman or elsewhere can serve any documents that originate in Texas on Sundays. Other states have other stipulations, such as no service of process by a process server on Election Day.

People are always welcome to try to hide from or lie to a process server in Norman at a private investigation agency in Norman. However, Dr. Makayla Saramosing and Vivien Keefe make sure that they train all their process servers in Norman, Oklahoma at our Norman private investigation agency very well. Thus, if you try to lie to or hide from any of our Norman process servers at our private investigation agency in Norman, OK, our process servers in Norman, Oklahoma at our private detective agency in Norman, OK will likely know it. 😉

To become an Oklahoma process server, an applicant must first meet several requirements set out by the State of Oklahoma. The requirements that all process servers in Oklahoma are as follow.

1. Each process server in Norman at a private investigation agency in Norman, OK must be at least eighteen (18) years old.

2. All process servers in Norman, OK at a private investigation agencies in Norman, OK must be legally eligible to work in the United States.

3. Every process server in Norman, Oklahoma at a private investigation agency in Norman must be free and clear of all felonies and violent misdemeanors.

5. All process servers in Norman, OK at private detective agencies in Norman must be residents of Oklahoma.
6. Process Servers in Norman, Oklahoma at private investigation agencies in Norman may not be registered sex offenders.

Assuming the applicant wishing to become a process server in Oklahoma successfully meets all the requirements above, each process server in Norman, OK at a private detective agency in Norman will need to complete the following steps:

• The first step in the application to become a process server in Oklahoma is to fill out an Oklahoma process server application. At this point in time, the court clerk will provide each applicant for a process server license in Oklahoma with a court date, at which the judge will review her/his/their application. The applicant wishing to become a process server in Oklahoma need not show for this court date.

Once the applicant completes the first step above, all people wishing to become process servers in Norman, OK at private investigation agencies in Norman will then need to complete the steps below, prior to that court date:

• Every process server in Oklahoma will need to secure an Oklahoma process server bons from an insurance company like Sherman-Hume.

• All persons seeking to become a process server in Norman, OK at a private detective agency in Norman will need to obtain two (2) passport-sized photographs from a place like Walgreens, FedEx Office, or CVS. 😊

• Every process server in Oklahoma at a private detective agency in Oklahoma must also publish an official notice of her/his/their process server license application with an official legal journal or paper like The Journal Record.

Successful, motivated process servers in Norman, OK from private investigation agencies in Norman can make decent amounts of money. Process servers in Norman from private investigation agencies in Norman often make money process serving in Norman, Oklahoma based upon the following factors:

• Whether process servers in Norman, OK from private investigation agencies in Norman, OK do the work full time or part time
• How many serves process servers in Norman from private detective agencies in Norman, Oklahoma attempt each day
• Whether the process servers in Norman, Oklahoma from private detective agencies in Norman, OK are doing “rush” serves or “routine” serves
• The number and frequency of expenses that the process server in Norman, OK from a private investigation agency in Norman, OK have (i.e., advertising, licensing, fuel, insurance, taxes, staff, office rent/mortgage, etc.)

• Whether the process server in Norman at a private detective agency in Norman owns her/his/their own company or works primarily or exclusively for other process serving companies

• Whether the process server in Norman, Oklahoma from a private investigation agency in Norman, OK is honest, hardworking, a good communicator, skilled/trained, self-motivated, or . . . not.

Great process servers in Norman, Oklahoma from private investigation agencies in Norman, OK who love the work they do can make quite a bit of money. Process serving in Norman is in their blood, and these process servers in Norman, OK from private detective agencies in Norman, OK just love doing what they do and can have long, prosperous careers. 😊

All the process servers in Norman, Oklahoma at our private investigation agency in Norman are licensed and highly trained in process serving. In addition, many of our process servers in Norman, Oklahoma at our private investigation agency in Norman, OK also hold licenses as private investigators in Norman and bodyguards in Norman, OK. Thus, our process servers in Norman, OK at our private investigation agency in Norman, Oklahoma often have additional legal skills in the following areas:

• Surveillance
• Nationwide Skip Tracing
• Interviewing Techniques
• Nationwide Criminal Background Checks
• Document Filing and Retrieval
• Bodyguard/Security Services

In addition, our private detective agency in Norman, Oklahoma also has additional supervisory and office staff that helps ensure our process servers in Norman do an excellent job and that their affidavits of service are correct and meet our clients’ standards and expectations. 😊

Our process servers in Norman, OK at our private detective agency in Norman also make more attempts on service than most process servers in Oklahoma at other private investigation agencies in Norman. For all process serving in Oklahoma in larger cities and their surrounding metropolitan areas, our process servers in Norman, Oklahoma guarantee up to four (4) attempts on service to one (1) defendant at one (1) address for a certain price.

Most process servers in Norman at private detective agencies in Norman make about two (2) or three (3) attempts when engaging in process serving in Norman. A sheriff’s deputies tend to only make about one (1) or two (2) attempts on service. They also go in uniform and scare a lot of people away. Thus, one can clearly see why hiring Norman process servers from our private investigation agency in Norman is a much better idea than the sad alternatives. ☹

The owners of our private investigation agency in Norman, Oklahoma, Vivien Keefe and Dr. Makayla Saramosing, are always looking for fresh and experienced process servers in Norman, OK. Our private detective agency in Norman, Oklahoma is one of the fastest growing process serving companies in Oklahoma, and the largest women-owned, LGBTQIA+ owned, minority-owned private investigation agency in Norman. If you wish to apply for a position as a process server in Norman, Oklahoma and/or a private investigator in Norman, OK, please fill out an application. 😊