Supplementary Costs and Additional Fees

Every order is prepaid at the amount on your written quote. Billing after the work is performed is available only by written agreement, for law firms we approve.

When a job needs something beyond what you paid for, the work pauses. We tell you in writing what caused the charge, what it covers and its amount. The charge runs only after you approve and pay it. If you decline, the job closes at the work already performed.

Regular clients can pre-approve set charges in writing. Ask us.

Anything not described on this page is quoted to you in writing and runs only after you approve and pay it.

To start an order, request a free written quote at served123.com/services.

Each party is billed in three lines:

• Service of Process, from $90: up to three attempts at the address, at the speed you choose. A faster speed changes this figure, and a same-day order also adds a rush charge (see Same-Day Rush below).
• Field Dispatch, $25: each party is handled as its own field assignment, with its own papers and its own record of every attempt, logged with the date, time and observations.
• Processing, $20: the systems and people behind your file, including our case management and client communication platform, intake, your quote and invoice, and preparing your signed affidavit or return.

Field Dispatch and Processing are part of every per-party rate, not optional add-ons. Unless your quote states a flat fee, on an order whose subtotal is over $1,000, Processing is itemized as the greater of 4% of the subtotal, rounded up to the next $5, or $20 per party.

Printing is charged only when one packet is over 25 pages. Each party receives its own printed copy of the full packet, billed at $0.35 per page, per copy. Example: a 32-page packet for two parties is 32 × 2 × $0.35 = $22.40.

Packets of 25 pages or fewer are printed at no charge. Printing is not charged again on a new round of attempts for the same order.

Each additional party at an address already on the order is $70: a $25 Bulk Service line in place of another Service of Process, plus that party's own Field Dispatch ($25) and Processing ($20). Each party receives its own attempt record and its own signed return, and no second travel charge applies for the same address.

If the person has moved or the address is wrong, a comprehensive skip trace is $55 per subject. It searches for a current address. Other skip tracing options are available and priced separately.

A new address found by a skip trace is quoted as a new round of attempts before anything runs. You also receive a signed affidavit of non-service for the address that failed.

When the included attempts are used, or a new address turns up, a further round of up to three attempts is invoiced at the same service lines as your original order. No printing charge applies to the new round.

When the person is at the address but ordinary attempts have not reached them, a stakeout is $175 per hour, with a 3-hour minimum ($525). It covers sustained time on site outside a normal attempt window, is charged on top of the standard service of process costs on your order, and runs only after you authorize it in writing.

Waiting time during an ordinary attempt is not charged.

When an address is well outside a normal service area, such as a rural county or a long drive each way, the extra travel is quoted before any attempt is made. Mileage inside a normal service area is not charged.

When a site requires credentials, clearance or an escort, such as a jail or a secure campus, the scheduling and access steps it requires are quoted before any attempt is made. Ordinary gated communities and office lobbies are not charged unless your quote states otherwise.

A same-day rush applies when the papers must be attempted on the day the order comes in. It is charged per party and set by the time the order is placed, in the local time where the papers are served:

• Before noon: $100 residential, $100 business.
• Noon to before 3 PM: $100 residential, $150 business.
• 3 PM or later: $150 residential, $200 business.

Rush prices depend on local availability and circumstances and can be higher than listed. Your written quote confirms the amount.

Acting as the deposition officer for a records subpoena, documents only, is $100 per records subpoena. Testimony depositions are quoted separately.

When a court orders service by publication, we coordinate the newspaper, the copy, the run dates and the publisher's affidavit. Our coordination is quoted per matter. The newspaper's own charge is advanced for you like a court fee, with a check advance fee.

Witness, filing, clerk, certification and similar fees are set by the court or authority, not by us. We advance the fee so nothing waits on a check, and it appears on its own line together with a check advance fee:

• Fee under $10: $5 check advance fee.
• Fee from $10 to $100: $10 check advance fee.
• Fee over $100: 10% of the fee.

A fee invoiced on its own, apart from any service, also carries a $5 processing fee. The court's filing fee on a subpoena domestication is included in the domestication rate unless your quote shows it as a separate line.

Unless your quote states otherwise, the following are not charged: attempts within an included round, correcting an affidavit or return we prepared, printing a packet of 25 pages or fewer, and mileage inside a normal service area.

Prices are subject to change without prior notice. Prices are per party unless stated otherwise. The invoice issued for your order is the final quote and supersedes all other prices, including those on this page.