Staff Analysis of the Legislation
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Under current law, the sheriff has the option of whether to allow private process servers to serve certain court papers in the county. To become a certified process server, a person must file an application with the sheriff. The sheriff has to approve a process server to operate in the county.
HB 284 removes the sheriff's authority to decide whether private process servers can serve papers in the county. The applications will now be handled by the Administrative Office of the Courts. |