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Eight services, all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Pick the service and the place and this will tell you what’s constant, what that jurisdiction changes, and where to start it.

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Service of Process, everywhere we work
Available in all 53 jurisdictions
Constant, wherever it happens

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Set by the jurisdiction

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What we hold constant, and what the state decides

“Nationwide” is easy to say. The useful version is knowing which half of the job travels with us and which half belongs to wherever your matter lands.

Ours — the same in every jurisdiction on the list Theirs — set by statute, rule or local practice
01

Service of Process

Personal, substitute, corporate and posted service, with a court-ready affidavit either way.

Page in every jurisdiction
Constant, wherever it happens

Attempts deliberately spread across different days and hours, each logged with date, time and observation. A flattened, filable affidavit whichever way it ends.

Set by the jurisdiction

Who may serve, how many attempts count as diligent, what the affidavit must recite, and whether posting or substitute service is open to you.

02

Subpoena Domestication

A foreign subpoena turned into one the destination will enforce, then served.

Page in every jurisdiction
Constant, wherever it happens

Drafted to the destination’s own rule rather than copied across, filed with the counsel list and any required affirmation, and served once issued.

Set by the jurisdiction

Everything. The issuing office, the fee, whether a case file opens, whether a judge reviews it first — and in three states whether a clerk can issue at all.

03

Skip Tracing

Locating a defendant, witness or asset when the address you were given is stale.

Quoted per matter
Constant, wherever it happens

Named searches with a source note and a confidence indicator on each, so you can see what the result rests on rather than taking a name on trust.

Set by the jurisdiction

Which record sets a county will release, and how quickly. Property, court and licensing records are state-held and differ in what they publish.

04

Court Document Retrieval

Filings, exhibits and certified copies pulled from the court or recorder that holds them.

Quoted per matter
Constant, wherever it happens

The right clerk identified before anyone travels, and certification obtained where you need the copy to be filable rather than merely readable.

Set by the jurisdiction

Clerk copy and certification charges, whether the file has been digitised, and whether a sealed or archived record needs an order before release.

05

Court Filings

E-filing through the state portal, or a runner at the clerk’s counter where that still works better.

Quoted per matter
Constant, wherever it happens

Conformed copies returned, and a rejection chased rather than reported — a filing that bounces at 4pm is still your deadline.

Set by the jurisdiction

The portal, the filing fee, and what the clerk will take as payment. Many still accept only a cashier’s cheque or exact cash.

06

Mobile Notary

A commissioned notary at a home, office, hospital, care facility or closing table.

Quoted per matter
Constant, wherever it happens

Identification checked to the standard the act requires, and the journal entry made — the part that matters if the signing is ever questioned.

Set by the jurisdiction

Notarial acts are state-commissioned. Most states cap the per-act fee by statute, and remote online notarisation is not authorised everywhere.

07

Legal Courier

Time-critical documents moved between counsel, courts and clients with signed custody.

Quoted per matter
Constant, wherever it happens

A signed chain of custody at every handoff and proof of delivery on every run — a parcel service gives you a barcode.

Set by the jurisdiction

Distance and courthouse access. A metro circuit and a rural county three hours out are not the same run, and some courthouses restrict what a runner may carry.

08

Apostille & Authentication

Certifying a document so a foreign authority will accept it.

Quoted per matter
Constant, wherever it happens

The route confirmed against the destination before anything is submitted, so the document isn’t rejected for the wrong certificate.

Set by the jurisdiction

Which Secretary of State holds the record, and whether the destination is a Hague country — if it isn’t, a consular legalisation step is added.

The exception

One service where the difference is law, not practice

For seven of the eight, what changes between states is how the work gets done. For subpoena domestication it is whether it can be done at all, by whom, and at what cost — so this one is published in full rather than described.

Act adopted47 states

Plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. A foreign subpoena is filed locally and an in-state one issues — usually across a counter.

No clerk route3 states

Massachusetts, Missouri and New Hampshire never adopted the act. You petition or seek a commission, a judge decides, and these states generally expect locally licensed counsel on the filing.

Reviewed firstColorado and Vermont

The act is adopted, but a judicial officer reads the request before it is signed. Ministerial issuance it is not, and the timetable follows.

An attorney may issue instead of the clerkCalifornia, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Wisconsin
A case file opens, with the filing fee that impliesColorado, Connecticut, Kansas, North Carolina and Texas — while Idaho and Michigan record that none opens
Reciprocity is required or must be statedAlabama, Utah and Virginia. New Mexico says the opposite on the face of its rule.
A specific fee is on recordConnecticut, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon and Vermont — re-confirmed for your matter, because fees move
53 jurisdictions
JurisdictionFiled withAuthorityWhat differs
ALAlabamaAct adoptedCircuit CourtAla. Code §§12-21-400 to -407Reciprocity required — originating state must have a similar act.
AKAlaskaAct adoptedSuperior CourtAlaska R. Civ. P. 45.1No variation recorded in our source.
AZArizonaAct adoptedSuperior CourtAriz. R. Civ. P. 45.1Clerk issues a signed blank subpoena; requester completes it.
ARArkansasAct adoptedCircuit CourtArk. R. Civ. P. 45.1Premises inspection not adopted.
CACaliforniaAct adoptedSuperior CourtCal. Civ. Proc. Code §§2029.100–2029.900A California attorney may issue instead of the clerk.
COColoradoAct adoptedDistrict CourtC.R.S. §§13-90.5-101 to -107Opens an individual case; civil filing fee. Court reviews the JDF 87 request before the clerk issues.
CTConnecticutAct adoptedSuperior CourtConn. Gen. Stat. §§52-655 to 52-660eFiled, opens a case, $100. No standalone records subpoena — must be paired with a deposition.
DEDelawareAct adoptedSuperior Court10 Del. C. §4311Filed with the Prothonotary.
DCDistrict of ColumbiaAct adoptedSuperior CourtD.C. Code §§13-441 to 13-449Written affirmation required under Super. Ct. Civ. R. 28-I.
FLFloridaAct adoptedCircuit CourtFla. Stat. §92.251No variation recorded in our source.
GAGeorgiaAct adoptedSuperior CourtO.C.G.A. §§24-13-110 et seq.No variation recorded in our source.
HIHawaiiAct adoptedCircuit CourtHaw. Rev. Stat. ch. 624DNo variation recorded in our source.
IDIdahoAct adoptedDistrict CourtIdaho R. Civ. P. 45(j)No case file opened and no clerk fee.
ILIllinoisAct adoptedCircuit Court735 ILCS 35No variation recorded in our source.
INIndianaAct adoptedCircuit or Superior CourtInd. Code ch. 34-44.5-1Trial Rule 28(E) is an alternative judge-supervised route.
IAIowaAct adoptedDistrict CourtIowa R. Civ. P. 1.1702No variation recorded in our source.
KSKansasAct adoptedDistrict CourtK.S.A. 60-228aDocket fee due; clerk assigns a case number as a civil action.
KYKentuckyAct adoptedCircuit CourtKRS 421.360No variation recorded in our source.
LALouisianaAct adoptedDistrict CourtLa. R.S. 13:3825Original or certified copy of the foreign subpoena must be presented. Filed by parish.
MEMaineAct adoptedDistrict or Superior Court14 M.R.S. §§401–408Either court may issue. Protected health care activity carve-out applies.
MDMarylandAct adoptedCircuit CourtMd. Cts. & Jud. Proc. §§9-401 to -407Records-only requests go through Md. Rule 2-422.1.
MAMassachusettsPetition routeSuperior CourtNo act adoptedNo clerk route — petition or commission, decided by a judge.
MIMichiganAct adoptedCircuit CourtMCL 600.2201 et seq.No new case opened.
MNMinnesotaAct adoptedDistrict CourtMinn. R. Civ. P. 45.06Form CIV101; $16.00 issuance fee per name.
MSMississippiAct adoptedCircuit or Chancery CourtMiss. Code Ann. §§11-59-1 to -15Statute files by county, not by court — Circuit Clerk or Chancery Clerk depending on the matter.
MOMissouriPetition routeCircuit CourtNo act adoptedNo clerk route — petition or commission, decided by a judge.
MTMontanaAct adoptedDistrict CourtMont. R. Civ. P. 28(c)No variation recorded in our source.
NENebraskaAct adoptedDistrict CourtNeb. Ct. R. §6-330(A)$75 fee per subpoena issued; court rule, not a statute.
NVNevadaAct adoptedDistrict CourtNRS 53.100–53.200No variation recorded in our source.
NHNew HampshirePetition routeSuperior CourtNo act adoptedNo clerk route — petition or commission, decided by a judge.
NJNew JerseyAct adoptedSuperior CourtN.J. Ct. R. 4:11-4(b)No variation recorded in our source.
NMNew MexicoAct adoptedDistrict CourtRule 1-045.1 NMRACourt rule, not a statute. No reciprocity condition.
NYNew YorkAct adoptedCounty ClerkCPLR 3119Filed with the County Clerk, not the court. A New York attorney may issue instead. Motions go to Supreme Court.
NCNorth CarolinaAct adoptedSuperior CourtN.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 1FClerk opens a court file and collects the civil filing fee. Party-vs-party disputes go to the court where the action is pending.
NDNorth DakotaAct adoptedDistrict CourtN.D. R. Ct. 5.1No variation recorded in our source.
OHOhioAct adoptedCourt of Common PleasR.C. §2319.09No variation recorded in our source.
OKOklahomaAct adoptedDistrict Court12 O.S. §3250 et seq.No variation recorded in our source.
OROregonAct adoptedCircuit CourtORCP 38 CSubpoena must conform to Rule 55 first. Statewide fee is $0.
PAPennsylvaniaAct adoptedCourt of Common Pleas42 Pa.C.S. §§5331–5337Filed with the Prothonotary; records subpoenas carry a prior-notice requirement.
RIRhode IslandAct adoptedSuperior CourtR.I. Gen. Laws ch. 9-18.1A Rhode Island attorney may issue instead of the clerk.
SCSouth CarolinaAct adoptedCircuit CourtS.C. Code Ann. §§15-47-100 to -160A South Carolina attorney may issue instead of the clerk (Rule 28(d)).
SDSouth DakotaAct adoptedCircuit CourtSDCL §§15-6-28.1 to -28.6No variation recorded in our source.
TNTennesseeAct adoptedCircuit or Chancery CourtTenn. Code Ann. §§24-9-201 to -207Statute files by county — Circuit Court Clerk or Clerk & Master. Fee-shifting at §24-9-207 is a Tennessee addition.
TXTexasAct adoptedDistrict CourtTex. R. Civ. P. 201.3eFile only. Opens a new case; the filing fee runs into the hundreds.
UTUtahAct adoptedDistrict CourtUtah Code §78B-17-101 et seq.Reciprocity required (§78B-17-102).
VTVermontAct adoptedSuperior CourtVt. R. Civ. P. 45(f)$295 fee, and a judge reviews the request before the clerk signs — not ministerial issuance. Motions require Vermont-admitted counsel.
VAVirginiaAct adoptedCircuit CourtVa. Code §§8.01-412.8 to -412.15Reciprocity statement required (§8.01-412.10). Protected health care carve-out.
WAWashingtonAct adoptedSuperior CourtRCW ch. 5.51No variation recorded in our source.
WVWest VirginiaAct adoptedCircuit CourtW. Va. Code §§56-12-1 to -8No variation recorded in our source.
WIWisconsinAct adoptedCircuit CourtWis. Stat. §887.24A Wisconsin attorney may issue instead of the clerk. Motions commence a special proceeding; fees may be shifted.
WYWyomingAct adoptedDistrict CourtWyo. R. Civ. P. 28(c)Adopted by court rule, not statute — the rule sets no statewide filing fee, so it varies by county.
PRPuerto RicoConfirm at intakeCourt of First InstanceNot confirmedOther states’ acts name Puerto Rico as a jurisdiction whose subpoenas they will honour; whether Puerto Rico itself enacted the act is unconfirmed, so we verify the filing path before you commit.
VIU.S. Virgin IslandsAct adoptedSuperior Court5 V.I.C. §§4922 et seq.No variation recorded in our source.
49 of 53 carry a citation checked against a primary source — a .gov site, an official court rulebook, Justia or the Uniform Law Commission. A row reading no act adopted has nothing to cite; not confirmed means we could not verify one to that standard and would rather say so than print a plausible number. On the court: where a state’s act names the issuing office we quote it, but most say only “a clerk of court in the county” — in those the name comes from that state’s trial-court structure. Accurate, not quotable to the statute.
Where coverage is actually tested

Places you can’t just drive to

These aren’t harder because of the state line. They’re harder because someone controls the door — or because the law says nobody may go through it.

Federal courts

Filing and service in the district and bankruptcy courts, under federal practice rather than the state’s.

Worth knowingA federal subpoena issues from the court where the action is pending and may be served anywhere in the United States. There is no domestication step — that is a Rule 45 matter, not a UIDDA one.

Tribal courts and tribal land

Each nation is a separate sovereign with its own procedure and its own court, so service there is coordinated rather than assumed.

Worth knowingThe uniform act brackets federally recognised tribes as an optional addition to its definition of “state”, so whether it reaches a given nation depends on that nation and on the enacting state.

Military installations

Access is controlled and a server cannot drive on unannounced; service is arranged through the installation’s own channel.

Worth knowingInstallations route civil process through their legal office or provost marshal, and the command decides how a servicemember is produced. Practice differs by branch and by base, so this is arranged first and quoted second.

Correctional facilities

Serving someone in custody runs through the facility’s designated procedure — different at a county jail, a state prison and a federal institution.

Worth knowingMost facilities will not let a server hand paper to an inmate; the institution accepts and delivers under its own rule. Confirming that facility’s current procedure is part of the work.

Restricted-access addresses

Hospitals, care homes, secured lobbies and gated communities — where the address is right but the door is not open.

Worth knowingThese fail on access, not on law. A server who arrives knowing the facility’s visitor policy gets in; one who doesn’t records an attempt. Bedside notarisation is available where a signer is in care and competent.

Foreign states and diplomats

Suing a foreign government, its agencies or its accredited personnel is a different body of law — and part of it is a hard stop.

The honest limitA foreign state is served under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in the order that statute sets, not by walking papers to an embassy. Accredited diplomatic agents hold immunity from service under the Vienna Convention, and no process server can lawfully get around it. Talk to us before you spend anything.
Beyond a clean address

The matters that test it

Coverage is worth nothing on the easy ones. Every situation below is available in every jurisdiction on the list.

Evasion and stale addresses

The address is old, or the subject knows you’re coming. Skip tracing runs alongside the attempts rather than after them, so a dead address becomes a live one without restarting the matter.

  • Attempts spread across different days and hours — three trips on the same weekday afternoon isn’t diligence, and a court can say so
  • Address and workplace research from licensed investigative platforms
  • Every attempt logged with date, time and observation, so the record supports a motion if you need one

Service by publication

When the subject genuinely cannot be found and the court authorises notice by publication instead. A court-ordered fallback, not a shortcut — the diligence comes first and has to be documented.

  • Affidavit of diligent search prepared to support the motion
  • Publication placed in a paper the court will accept for that county
  • Publisher’s affidavit returned in filable form

Posting and nail-and-mail

Unlawful detainer, eviction and the other matters where statute allows posting at the property once attempts have failed. Unusually specific rules, unusually easy to get wrong.

  • Posted at the entry the statute names, after the attempts it requires
  • Photographed and timestamped for the affidavit
  • The mailing leg completed where the rule requires one — service isn’t good without it

Corporate and registered agent

Service on the agent listed with the Secretary of State, and the statutory fallback when that agent has resigned, moved or was never real. Most defective corporate service fails on the affidavit, not the delivery.

  • Agent record checked against the Secretary of State before anyone travels
  • Statutory service through the Secretary of State where the agent can’t be reached
  • Affidavit naming the entity, the agent, and the capacity served

Writs, orders and duces tecum

Everything that isn’t a summons and complaint. Enforcement paper carries its own service rules and its own consequences for missing them.

  • Writs of execution, attachment, garnishment and possession
  • Garnishment served on banks and employers as the statute directs
  • Subpoena duces tecum with custodian instructions attached, so records come back usable

Service abroad

Where the defendant is outside the United States the route is set by treaty and by the destination country — not by us, and not by how urgent it is.

  • Hague Service Convention, Article 5, through the country’s central authority
  • Article 10 alternative channels where that country has not objected
  • Letters rogatory where no treaty applies, with apostille or consular legalisation handled alongside
The directory

Every jurisdiction, every service

51 jurisdictions, eight services each. Straight through to whichever one you need.

51 jurisdictions × 8
ALAlabamaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
AKAlaskaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
AZArizonaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
ARArkansasServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
CACaliforniaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
COColoradoServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
CTConnecticutServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
DEDelawareServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
DCDistrict of ColumbiaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
FLFloridaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
GAGeorgiaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
HIHawaiiServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
IDIdahoServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
ILIllinoisServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
INIndianaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
IAIowaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
KSKansasServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
KYKentuckyServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
LALouisianaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
MEMaineServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
MDMarylandServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
MAMassachusettsServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
MIMichiganServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
MNMinnesotaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
MSMississippiServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
MOMissouriServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
MTMontanaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
NENebraskaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
NVNevadaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
NHNew HampshireServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
NJNew JerseyServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
NMNew MexicoServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
NYNew YorkServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
NCNorth CarolinaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
NDNorth DakotaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
OHOhioServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
OKOklahomaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
OROregonServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
PAPennsylvaniaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
RIRhode IslandServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
SCSouth CarolinaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
SDSouth DakotaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
TNTennesseeServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
TXTexasServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
UTUtahServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
VTVermontServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
VAVirginiaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
WAWashingtonServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
WVWest VirginiaServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
WIWisconsinServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
WYWyomingServiceSubpoenaSkip traceRetrievalFilingsNotaryCourierApostille
Has its own page hereOpens the service, scoped to this jurisdiction
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands aren’t in this list because neither has a page yet — both are in the table above with what we’ve verified. Ask and you’ll get the current filing path rather than a page that might be stale.
On coverage specifically

What people ask about this

Do you have offices in all these places?
No. Coverage runs through vetted local servers, agents and correspondents in each jurisdiction, coordinated from one place. What you get is a single point of contact and one invoice; what’s behind it is someone local who knows that county’s clerk.
Only two services have a page per jurisdiction. What about the other six?
They run everywhere on the list — they just aren’t published state by state, because for most of them the variable isn’t the state. A courier run is priced on distance, an apostille on the destination country, a retrieval on what the clerk holds. Fifty near-identical pages would look thorough and tell you nothing. Send the matter and the specifics come with the quote.
Where did the citations come from?

Primary sources only — state .gov sites, official court rulebooks, Justia and the Uniform Law Commission. Where a rule was visible only in a vendor write-up we left it out rather than repeat it: Wyoming is cited to the official Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure, not a secondary summary. A row with no citation means we couldn’t confirm one to that standard.

One caveat: where a state’s act names the issuing court we quote it; where the act says only “a clerk of court in the county”, the name comes from that state’s trial-court structure instead — accurate, but not quotable to the statute.

How current is this?
It reflects what we verified in 2026, and this moves — fees especially, and adoption itself. Texas only joined in 2025. Treat it as a reliable map of how each jurisdiction works, not a filing checklist for today. Anything procedure- or cost-critical is re-confirmed for your matter before we quote, which is the only version that carries weight.
What does it cost, and how long does it take?

Both are confirmed with your written quote rather than published here, because both genuinely depend on the jurisdiction — a state that opens a case file and charges a civil filing fee is not the same job as one that doesn’t. Court and clerk fees are charged by the court, not by us; they run through a retainer set with the quote, drawn down against the actual charges and reconciled after, refunded if under and billed if over.

Starting rates by service.

Can you serve outside the United States?
Yes — Hague Service Convention transmissions through central authorities, and letters rogatory where no treaty applies. It is a materially different process from anything on this page and the timetable belongs to the destination country’s central authority rather than to us, so it is quoted individually. Ask before you commit to a date. Send the details.
A service page says something different from this. Which is right?
Tell us and we’ll fix whichever is wrong. This is generated from one verified source file, so it’s the version we’d stand behind — but a contradiction anywhere on the site is a defect either way, and we’d rather hear about it than have you work around it.
Wherever it has to happen
Tell us the service and the place. We’ll tell you the rest.

Any of the eight, any jurisdiction above — including whether it’s one of the awkward ones and what that changes. A written quote before anything runs, and a straight answer if a deadline isn’t achievable.

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Served 123 LLC is a nationwide litigation support company, not a law firm, and does not provide legal advice or representation. Coverage spans all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Citations and procedural notes were verified against primary sources in 2026 and are provided for orientation, not as a filing checklist; rules, fees and adoption status change, and anything procedure-critical is re-confirmed before quoting. Cost and turnaround are confirmed with your written quote. Court, clerk and authority fees are charged by the relevant body, handled through a separate retainer drawn down against the actual charge and reconciled after the work, and are not part of the service fee. Member, National Association of Professional Process Servers, since 2023.