Every figure below is a starting rate. What you actually pay depends on the jurisdiction, the difficulty and any third-party charges — so every matter is quoted in writing, and nothing is charged until you approve it.
Starting rates, what each one counts, and what sits outside the service fee. Pick a line to go straight to its order form.
Four dispatch speeds, matching the options on the order form. Everything else on the rate card is quoted per matter.
Every tier runs to the first attempt, not to completion — and every tier includes the same three diligent attempts, the same court-ready affidavit and the same coordinator. You are paying for dispatch speed and nothing else. A subject who is out of town moves the finish line, not our dispatch. Order service of process.
A starting rate is a floor, not a forecast. These are what push a quote above it, and you'll see every one of them itemised rather than folded into a total.
A metro address and a rural county three hours from the nearest server are not the same job. Distance and field coverage move the figure more than anything else.
Three attempts are included. A subject who is genuinely avoiding service may need a locate, additional attempts, or a motion for an alternative method — each quoted before it runs.
Some states add a reciprocity statement, a new miscellaneous case, or judicial review before a clerk will sign. Three states require a petition for a subpoena where the rest need a counter transaction.
Court fees, clerk copy charges, witness fees, authority fees and shipping are not ours. They run through a retainer and are reconciled against the actual charge.
Dispatch speed is the one thing you can choose outright on service of process. Elsewhere, a genuine deadline is worth stating — we’ll tell you if it isn’t achievable rather than take the order.
Multiple defendants, multiple states, page counts on a retrieval, document counts on an apostille. Volume cuts both ways — past a point it earns a rate rather than adding to one.
Court fees, clerk copy and certification charges, witness fees, authority fees and shipping are charged by somebody else, and the exact figure often isn’t knowable until the work runs — nobody can count the pages in a file before it’s pulled.
So those costs go through a retainer rather than a fixed line: it’s set with your written quote, the actual charges are drawn from it as they’re incurred, and once the work is done we settle up. Under, and the difference is refunded. Over, and you’re billed it. The retainer sits on its own line, separate from the service fee.
Court filings are the one place this needs something from you: you confirm the filing fee with the court, because many clerks take only a cashier’s cheque or exact cash and the runner has to arrive holding the right instrument for the right figure. How filing fees work.
These are in every order, on every service line, at every rate.
Firms running steady matters don’t pay list. Tell us roughly what your month looks like and we’ll put a rate against it.
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Send it with whatever detail you have. You'll get a written quote covering scope, the service fee and any third-party costs — and nothing is charged until you approve it.
All figures are starting rates in U.S. dollars and are not quotes. Final pricing is confirmed in writing before any work begins and depends on jurisdiction, difficulty, volume and dispatch speed. Third-party costs — court fees, clerk copy and certification charges, witness fees, authority fees and shipping — are charged by the relevant authority, handled through a separate retainer drawn down against the actual charge and reconciled after the work, and are not part of the service fee. Service-of-process rate tiers govern the timing of the first attempt only, not completion. Served 123 LLC is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or representation; results are not guaranteed.
