Service Court Application

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Walk up to the person to be served. Say, "These are court papers." Give the person copies of all the court papers. Fill out the Proof of Service (Small Claims) (Form SC-104 ), sign it on page 2, and return the completed form to you so that you can file it.

You can also draft your own proof of service form; make sure it mirrors the language found on the court-provided forms and includes details such as: the name of the case and the case number; a description of the documents served; the server's name, contact info, and signature; the person served; the time, date, and

Proof of Service If you have asked the court clerk to serve your papers by certified mail, you need do nothing else. The court clerk sends out the certified mail for you, and the signed post office receipt comes back directly to the clerk if service is accomplished.

A Proof of Service is a signed piece of paper that verifies you have attempted to deliver a document regarding your case to parties involved in your bankruptcy case. The Proof of Service form used at this court is called a Proof of Service of Document.

A proof of service is a court paper filed by a process server as evidence that she served the witness or party to the lawsuit with the court papers she was instructed to serve.

Tell the server to: Give the papers to a responsible adult where the Defendant lives, or to someone in charge where the Defendant works. Say, These are court papers. Then, mail (first-class) a copy of the papers to the Defendant at the same address where s/he left the papers.