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Judgment Enforcement – The Step-by-Step Course

special bond. It’s often easy to become a RPS, and the rules for serves are well spelled-out

in the codes. Some states don’t have this though. Check yours! See this: www.serve-
now.com/resources/become-process-server
If you have a friend who is a Judgment Enforcer, I recommend that both of you become
RPS’s, and then do each other’s serves. It keeps the money “in house,” so to speak, and
you know it’s being done right. When I started, I had a JE friend who did mine, and I did
his. We still listed the serve as an expense with the court, and made sure one of us was
reimbursed when the judgment was enforced.

Some of the best process servers are women. People who are evading service don’t

expect a woman to be serving papers. I know several women who make a full time living
as an RPS. I also know a very senior and mostly blind person, Bill, who is a great RPS. If
someone came to your door with a guide-dog and white cane, would you open it?
Everyone does. He asks for them by name, hands them the papers, and leaves. Another
RPS I know dresses as an electrician, and even wears his old union patch from when he
was an electrician. He has a pad in hand and knocks on the door. People look out and see
“an electrician.” They open the door. They get served.

A good RPS is very hard to find. Attorneys know that. That’s another good reason to
become an RPS. If you are a clever and persistent server, word will get around very
quickly to attorneys, and you’ll get lots of work, or as much work as you like.

Note: You really, really, have to know the service of process laws for your state.
They’re not complicated, just be sure you’re aware of them, and how to properly fill out
the POS (proof of service.)

Additional Note: Being a registered process server may also get you quicker and
better access to important databases. That’s another reason to become one, even if

you don’t actually serve papers. Find out the requirements in your state.

Questions & Answers

Q. You start doing spin-off work, does that mean it’s better to have lots of
employees to help you?

A. Not necessarily. I’m basically a one-man show. I’ve had employees in the past, but

frankly, they didn’t want to work as hard as I did. I recommend staying a one-person

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