serving court papers question

[KLin]

Can court papers be served to a person's employer at a different location?

Someone I know had court papers delivered to him via intercompany mail, which means they were served at a location other than where he works(he used to work at the location(both locations owned by same company) in question though). Thanks

 

[LilPima]

I would think that unless they were formally process served on him, he could ignore service altogether. It could have gotten lost in the mail.

 

[Codewiz]

Normally papers have to be served in person so the person serving them can testify in court the the person got them.

 

[jlee]

Maybe other places are different, but I have always served them in person.

 

[PottedMeat]

Originally posted by: Codewiz
Normally papers have to be served in person so the person serving them can testify in court the the person got them.

Does the server always ask "firstname lastname?" What happens if they ( the real person ) say 'no'?

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: PottedMeat

Originally posted by: Codewiz
Normally papers have to be served in person so the person serving them can testify in court the the person got them.

Does the server always ask "firstname lastname?" What happens if they ( the real person ) say 'no'?

That happens when people have warrants, but somehow they get arrested anyway.

 

[KLin]

This was in California. Someone accepted them when they shouldn't have I think. Thanks for the answers.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: LilPima
I would think that unless they were formally process served on him, he could ignore service altogether. It could have gotten lost in the mail.

Exactly. If the intercompany mail had been lost, he wouldn't have known about it. Then he wouldn't have responded within 30 days of being "Served" and the the other party would have gotten a default judgement.