Notice For Service In Queens
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Service of Notice or "serve" means personal delivery or delivery postage prepaid via regular United States Postal Service mail.
DearCustomer- If you are talking about court papers you can contact the clerk of courts and simply ask if the paperwork was served. Each court keeps a docket of each case and it should show the status of the case and whether the documents have been served.
New York state law authorizes the “nail and mail” method of service, which authorizes the process server, after attempting service with “due diligence,” to (1) tape a copy of the summons and complaint to the door of the defendant's home or office; (2) mail a copy by first class mail to the defendant's home address; and ...
If the server consistently fails to reach you despite multiple attempts, they may resort to alternative legal methods or petition the court for permission to use alternative means of service. Most process servers typically make multiple attempts to serve legal documents, often ranging from three to five attempts.
Service of process is giving the other parties in the court case the documents that were filed in the case so that they have notice that a lawsuit was filed against them and they have the opportunity to respond.
Where only personal service is allowed Follow these steps if only personal service is allowed. Don't answer your door to anybody. Instruct the roommates/family to tell the Process Server/Sheriff that the person they're after no longer lives there. Be aware of your surroundings. Tell your workplace.
Some jurisdictions allow for substituted service, which means leaving the papers with an adult at the address, often a roommate or relative, in the hopes that those papers make it to their intended person.
