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Service of Process Guides for All 50 States. Start With What You Need to Do.

The Served 123 LLC library: 138 guides on service of process, out-of-state subpoenas, skip tracing and mobile notary work, including a serving guide and a subpoena guide for every state.

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Texas

One of 50 state guides on serving papers

How to Serve Documents in Texas: A Step-by-Step Guide

Who may serve papers in Texas, the methods its rules allow, service on businesses, and the return of service.

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Change either part of the sentence and the drawer pulls a new card. Every guide is also listed below, by topic and by state.

Browse the Guides by Topic. Six Collections.

The topic guides, grouped by the work they explain and paired with the service that does it. Search finds any of the 138 guides, state guides included.

Service of Process Basics. How Papers Get Served.

What service of process is, the methods courts accept, who may serve, and what happens when service goes wrong.

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Serving Papers by Type of Case. Family, Housing and Small Claims.

Some cases carry their own service rules and deadlines. These guides walk through the ones that come up most.

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Hard-to-Reach Parties. When the Usual Route Is Closed.

People who avoid service, live behind a gate or a guard post, sit in custody or live abroad, and what courts allow when nobody can be found.

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Subpoenas Across State Lines. Witnesses in Another State.

A subpoena from one state has no force in another until that state issues its own. These guides cover the UIDDA, the paperwork and the witness fee.

Open the Subpoena Domestication Page

Finding People and Assets. Skip Tracing and Searches.

When an address goes bad or a debtor disappears, these guides explain how searches find people, property and vehicles.

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Notarizing Documents. At the Signer’s Door.

When a signer cannot come to a notary, the notary goes to the signer: at home, at work, in a hospital or in a care facility.

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Service of Process Guides, State by State. Open a Drawer.

Every state has a card with its step-by-step guide to serving documents and its guide to getting an out-of-state subpoena issued and served. The District of Columbia card links to our page on serving papers there. Our coverage page shows how Served 123 LLC works in each state.

Rather Have It Handled? We Work in All 50 States.

Served 123 LLC does this work: serving papers, getting out-of-state subpoenas issued and served, finding people and notarizing documents. Send the matter online and a written quote comes back before any work begins.

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The guides are general information, not legal advice. Served 123 LLC is a litigation support company, not a law firm.