SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS OF WASHINGTON
A full service Private Investigations Agency
serving the legal community of Western Washington

P.O. Box 4849 Spanaway, WA 98387
Local 253-847-3848 Toll Free: 800-647-3848
Washington State Private Investigative Agency License #
450

 

Service of Process:

Process Service Work Order Professional and experienced Process Servers using state of the art equipment and techniques will assure that your legal documents are quickly and effectively served.
If you need to locate someone for Service of Process, Special Investigations of Washington has effective and accurate resources for resolving old addresses, telephone numbers, names or any other type of skip trace work.

Video of how it's done (sometimes):

Subpoena Man

Note: Pressing the Subpoena-Man icon
will launch a short Macromedia presentation
in a separate window.

Rates:

Routine Service of legal documents in the core Pierce County area, up to three attempts:.........................................................

$75.00
Each attempt after 3 will be $25.00 per attempt.  

Notary....................................................................................

$5.00 per signature

Routine Service of Legal Documents in adjacent counties or outlaying areas of Pierce County:..............................................

$75.00 plus .60 cents per mile.
RUSH SERVICE is available. We will work with you to assure that your requirements are met.
Local Same Day Service starts at $100.00  

Service of Process includes a Declaration of Service or Affidavit of Service returned to the client.

Routine service is generally initiated within three days of receipt of your documents. There is no extra cost for service to additional individuals at the same address.

How to get started:
Click the following Work Order form to start.. You should be able to tab from field to field to fill this work order out online. When it's filled out, print the form and send it along with your documents.

Process Service Work Order

Please add any additional information that you may have such as work schedule, vehicle description, physical description etc. That kind of information will often help us to get your documents successfully served. Be sure to include accurate address information. Service of Process fees are charged per address. We will make four attempts to serve your documents at the address you provide for the listed fee.

Print the work-order then call us for pick-up ($15.00 in Tacoma), or mail the documents and your payment to us at Special Investigations of Washington PO Box 970 Spanaway, WA 98387. We will begin service soon after receiving your documents. Once service is accomplished, we will send the Declaration of Service back to you. If you include your email address on the work order, I will notify you of the service status by email.

Routine Service:
Routine Service is started within 72 hours of receiving your documents. Routine Service assumes that the client will accept Substitutional Service as defined by RCW 4.28.080 p. 15 (Revised Code of Washington):  (p.15) In all other cases, to the defendant personally, or by leaving a copy of the summons at the house of his usual abode with some person of suitable age and discretion then resident therein. Service made in the modes provided in this section shall be taken and held to be personal service.

If the client prefers  or requires only personal service, additional time will be charged as incurred.

RUSH SERVICE:

RUSH SERVICE is started within 24 hours of receipt of your documents. RUSH SERVICE fees start at $95.00. Filing is available at a cost of $15.00 per trip to the Pierce County Court. Skip tracing is available and priced according to the difficulty of the locate. We are happy to discuss each case individually with you.

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