Substituted Service In California

Written by David Hallstrom


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Competent member ofrepparttar household does not mean family member. It means anyone who resides at that residence, including full time live in nannys, maids, gardeners, friends, etc.. As long asrepparttar 119288 person resides ther full time they can be considered members ofrepparttar 119289 household.

Person apparently in charge does not mean, as some process servers believe, a manager or officer ofrepparttar 119290 business or place of mailing. It means "the person apparently in charge. If, at an office,repparttar 119291 receptionist will not letrepparttar 119292 process server see anyone else inrepparttar 119293 office, thenrepparttar 119294 receptionist isrepparttar 119295 highest person in charge thatrepparttar 119296 server can serve. Ifrepparttar 119297 only person who works at a mail box service says that he or she is only a clerk, that person is stillrepparttar 119298 person apparently in charge.

Serving a complaint in a gated community or security building whererepparttar 119299 security guard will not allow entrance. On May 28, 1992, inrepparttar 119300 case of Robert Bein vs Bechtel-Jochim,repparttar 119301 California Court Of Appeals held that a guard gate does constitute part ofrepparttar 119302 dwelling and thereforerepparttar 119303 guard is a competent member withinrepparttar 119304 dwelling. The court reasoned that if a process server is not permitted to proceed torepparttar 119305 actual residence, thenrepparttar 119306 outer bounds ofrepparttar 119307 actual dwelling place must be deemed to extend torepparttar 119308 location at whichrepparttar 119309 process server's progress is arrested.

Reasonable diligence has been interpreted differently in different jurisdictions, however, we have found that if three attempts are made at least eight hours apart and if at least two of those attempts are made atrepparttar 119310 address wherrepparttar 119311 papers are served then a substituted service onrepparttar 119312 fourth attempt is usually considered valid.

The foregoing information is not given as legal advice. It is instead given as information and opinion gathered and developed through experience overrepparttar 119313 last thirty years. David Hallstrom isrepparttar 119314 owner of Hallstrom Detective Agency and althoughrepparttar 119315 agency no longer offers process serving services, it has, through it's servers, completed service of several hundred thousand legal documents. Althoughrepparttar 119316 author believesrepparttar 119317 information to be accurate no guarantee is made or implied.

Permission is given to reprint this article providing credit is given torepparttar 119318 author, David G. Hallstrom, and a link is listed to Resources For Attorneysrepparttar 119319 owner of this article. Anyone or any company reprinting this article without giving proper credit andrepparttar 119320 correct link, is doing so without permission and will be subject to legal action.



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Accident attorney - Should you hire one?

Written by David G. Hallstrom


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You say that you were not hurt that bad or at all. How do you know how badly you were hurt. Some injuries do not show up for months. Other injuries may aggrivate a prior problem. Even if you have been found to be "ok" by a doctor, how do you know that a problem will not come up later. If you have insurance and did go to a doctor, who is going to pay your co-pay or deductible. If you do not have health insurance, who is going to pay for your examination which should include xrays, etc.. If you retain an attorney he or she can probably refer you to a doctor who will accept a lien againstrepparttar insurance settlement, thereby saving you from paying money out of your pocket.

You say you have accident insurance, why not let them handle everthing for you. Your insurance company is there to defend any claims against you not to represent you in any claims against other parties. Additionally, they also are in business to make money. How do you know if they are trying to settle a case to help you or to save themselves money.

The foregoing article was written byrepparttar 119287 author based on experiences he has had as a private investigator representing both accident attorneys and insurance companies. This article is not stated as a legal opinion or as fact but instead is stated as opinion ofrepparttar 119288 author.

Permission is given to reprint this article providing credit is given torepparttar 119289 author, David G. Hallstrom, and a link is listed to Resources For Attorneysrepparttar 119290 owner of this article. Anyone or any company reprinting this article without giving proper credit andrepparttar 119291 correct link, is doing so without permission and will be subject to legal action.

Licensed private investigator for over thirty years, President of Resources For Attorneys. The detective agency represents over 1900 attorneys and the author has given several hundred seminars to attorney groups regarding private investigations, process serving, how to set up and operate a private law practice, etc..


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