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Contractor network

Work we can’t cover without you.

Served 123 runs matters in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico through licensed independent professionals in each one. If you already do this work to a standard you’d defend in an affidavit, we want you on the list.

What this is, before you read further
  • Independent contractor work, assignment by assignment. Not employment, and not a salaried role.
  • You choose what you accept. Decline anything that doesn’t fit your schedule, your area or your comfort.
  • No guaranteed volume. Work follows client demand in your area, and we won’t pretend otherwise.
  • You carry your own credentials — licence, registration, bond or insurance wherever your state requires them.
Who we route work to

Five disciplines, one network

Every service we sell is delivered by someone local. If your specialty isn’t here, say so in the form — the list grows with the work.

Process server

Personal, substitute, corporate and posted service, and the affidavit that has to survive a challenge.

You’ll needLicensing or registration wherever your state or county requires it, and a working knowledge of local service rules.

Subpoena and filing agent

Counter filings, domestication under the interstate act, and court submissions where the clerk still wants a person.

You’ll needFamiliarity with your county’s filing office and what it accepts — including how it takes payment.

Mobile notary

On-location signings at homes, offices, hospitals and care facilities — including the ones other notaries decline.

You’ll needA current commission in your state, your journal and seal, and any additional certification your state requires for remote work.

Legal courier

Court runs, counsel-to-counsel transfers and anything that has to arrive with a signature against it.

You’ll needA reliable vehicle, current insurance, and the patience for courthouse security.

Records retriever

Pulling filings, exhibits and certified copies from the court or recorder that actually holds them.

You’ll needTo know which counter holds what, and what that clerk charges to certify it.
The one thing we don’t flex on

Tell us while it’s happening

Everything else on this page is a preference. This isn’t. Our client is an attorney with a date in a calendar, and the only thing worse than bad news is bad news that arrives too late to act on.

“No update” is not a status.

Silence reads as progress right up until it doesn’t, and by then the deadline has moved. A contractor who reports a failed attempt within the hour is worth more to us than one who lands the service and tells us on Friday.

This is the single most common reason someone comes off the roster — not missed services, not difficult addresses. Going quiet.

  • Every attempt, as it happensLogged when you leave the door, not reconstructed from memory at the end of the week. Time, address, and what you actually observed.
  • Anything that changes the picture, immediatelyWrong address, subject moved, clerk refused the packet, gate you can’t get past. That call goes out from the field, not from the closeout.
  • Reachable while a matter is liveIf you’ve accepted it, we can reach you about it. Not instantly — but within the working day, every time.
  • A non-service documented like a serviceThe attempt record is the deliverable when service fails. Half of what we’re paid for is the paper trail that proves diligence.
  • Bad news early, without decorationTell us it isn’t going to happen. Nobody is penalised for a matter that couldn’t be served; people come off the list for letting us find out late.

What we look for

Our clients are attorneys with deadlines. The bar is the same for everyone in the network.

  • Documentation you’d defend — complete attempt records, accurate times, and an affidavit that won’t need amending.
  • Jurisdiction awareness — you know your local rules, and you know when a matter needs a question asked before it’s attempted.
  • Honest reporting — a non-service documented properly is worth more to us than a service we can’t stand behind.
  • Communication, treated as the deliverable it is — see the section above. It is the one requirement people actually come off the roster for.
  • Credentials in good standing — licensed, registered, bonded or insured as your jurisdiction requires, and current.

What you get from us

Stated as plainly as the requirements, and with the same limits.

  • The fee with the assignment — stated before you accept, so you decide with the number in front of you.
  • A complete file, not a name and a street — documents, parties, the deadline, and whatever the client already knows about prior attempts.
  • A coordinator who answers — one point of contact who knows the matter, not a dispatch queue. We hold ourselves to the same standard we ask of you.
  • Clients who value the work — firms and in-house teams who understand what a proper affidavit is worth.
  • The right to say no — declining an assignment costs you nothing and doesn’t move you down any list.
From application to first assignment

How it actually goes

01

Apply through the form

It’s the only intake — there’s no phone or email route, and applying twice doesn’t help.

02

We check the fit

Your coverage area, your discipline and your credentials against what clients are actually asking for near you.

03

Onto the roster

Approved contractors go on the network roster for their area and disciplines.

04

Assignments offered

Work in your area is offered as it comes in, with the fee attached. You take what suits you.

Apply

Get on the roster

Tell us where you work, what you do, and what you’re licensed for. If there’s no demand in your area yet you’ll stay on the list rather than be turned away.

Contractor application

Independent contractor engagement. Submitting this doesn’t create an offer, an employment relationship, or any commitment to send you work.

Before you ask

The questions we get

Is this employment?
No. This is independent contractor work, engaged assignment by assignment. You set your own hours, choose which assignments to accept, use your own equipment and vehicle, and remain free to work for anyone else including our competitors. You’re responsible for your own taxes, and for any licence, registration, bond or insurance your jurisdiction requires.
How much work will I get?
We can’t tell you, and anyone who does is guessing. Volume follows client demand in your specific area and discipline — a busy metro county and a rural one two hours out are completely different pictures, and both change month to month. Being on the roster is not a promise of assignments.
How does pay work?
Each assignment carries its fee when it’s offered, so you decide with the number in front of you rather than after. Terms are agreed when you join the roster. If a matter changes in the field in a way that changes the work, that’s a conversation before it happens, not a surprise afterwards.
Do I need to be licensed?
Wherever your jurisdiction requires it, yes — and it has to be current and in good standing. Requirements vary a great deal: some states license or register process servers, some counties do it separately, and some do neither. Notaries need a current commission. Tell us what you hold and we’ll tell you whether it covers the work you want.
I only cover one county. Is that worth applying?
Yes. Depth in one county is often more useful to us than thin coverage across five, particularly somewhere rural where finding anyone reliable is the hard part. Tell us exactly what you cover rather than rounding up — overstating your area is the fastest way off the roster.
I run an agency, not a solo operation. Can we partner?
Yes — we subcontract to other agencies regularly, and we take subcontracted work in return. Say so in the form and it goes to the right person. Or contact us directly.
Can I apply by phone or email instead?
No. The form is the only intake, and it exists so that everyone is assessed on the same information. Applying through another channel doesn’t move you up — it just means we don’t have what we need to assess you.

Served 123 LLC engages field professionals as independent contractors, not employees. Submitting an application does not create an offer, an employment relationship, a partnership, or any obligation on either side to offer or accept work, and being added to the roster is not a guarantee of assignments. Contractors are responsible for their own licensing, registration, bonding and insurance where their jurisdiction requires it, and for their own tax obligations. Served 123 LLC is a nationwide litigation support company, not a law firm, and does not provide legal advice or representation. Member, National Association of Professional Process Servers, since 2023.