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**Becoming a process server and starting your own process serving business is a great choice for those who enjoy travel, interacting with others, and who enjoy working mostly alone. Its a lucrative career choice that many people arent even aware of, assuming that document deliverers and process servers are the peons in the legal chain and that their pay reflects accordingly.**
**Its actually ***quite the opposite if you do it right.*****
**In fact, several of the independent process servers out there today make well over $75,000 per year. Some are even earning six figures, and all just by serving people with papers. At one point in my own career, I made over **$800 in a single day**, just by taking the right process server jobs.**
**So, youre probably wondering how you can get involved. Fortunately, youre in the right place!**
**As a veteran of the process server industry, my goal is to help people like you find process server jobs and obtain the best process server training to set you up for success. To do that, Ive created a wealth of information and resources to help you along the way. isnt a difficult taskit does take time and training, of course, but its not going to take a lot of your time or require you to jump through a bunch of hoops. In fact, many people come to this career in search of an easier, more freedom-producing career path that allows them to ***pave their own way to success.*****
**Whether youre already working in the industry or youre just starting to explore the world of process server jobs, lets dive in!**
**Process serving is part of the Due Process part of the legal codeit allows people or entities to be advised that they are the defendant in a legal matter so that they can adequately prepare their case and take their role in the legal process. Process servers will deliver the documents advising people of a claim that has been filed against them. However, they can also deliver other documents and provide court filing services, among other things.**
**In addition to physically serving the court summonses, process servers do a lot of investigative research and background work There is a lot of travel involved in this job, as well, which is why it is best for those that are entrepreneurial-minded. Process servers also work with a lot of technology, including apps, GPS, court systems, and more. Thus, youll have to be well-versed in technology if you want to succeed in this field.**
**Some process servers work for law firms or agencies, or even for the local, state, or federal courts directly. However, being employed by a company cuts the potential for this career significantly. The average salary for a standard employee working in this field is much closer to **$30-$50k**, which is a bit limiting, to say the least.**
**Step Two: How to Become a Process Server**
**Now that you know more about this job, lets talk about how you can get started. The first thing that you will need is education and training. Youre already getting started on the first part of that, and were here to help you with the second, too.**
**As for training, that sometimes takes a little more work. After all, those who do this work have to be properly trained in how to deliver documents and serve various subjects with their court summonses. There are specific guidelines and rules in each state, as well as certain guidelines that are part of the US Due Process code.**
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Process Server Training Academy Group **Tip #1: Dont Go it Alone**
While you could handle the bulk of learning process serving on your own, it does take a lot of commitment in terms of time and effort on your part to do all the work yourself. Not only that, but you could be missing out on valuable resources and insights by not listening to those who have come before you. Youre not reinventing the wheelyoure just learning how to get your wheel moving towards success. Thats why were here.
**Tip #2: Work Independently**
Contractors have a lot more income potential than those who work for agencies, as discussed above. If you get a job as a process server with the County or even a law firm, you might be limited on the types of jobs you can take, how long you have to complete them, and what ways you can go about doing so. Plus, they will pay you a salary, not a per-job rate, which means you could lose valuable income potential.
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Watch our process server training videos. **Tip #3: Know the Laws**
Its not just necessary for the job, its going to make you more confident in your abilities when you understand and know the laws and guidelines surrounding your new career. There are different regulations in every state, so you will need to get to know yours. Plus, there is also a strict moral code hereyou dont serve papers the way you see in movies, where its rude and disruptive to peoples lives. You cant impersonate law enforcement, tamper with the mail, or trespass on private property.
**Tip #4: Start Planning Now**
Youve still got a lot to learnmost of you are just getting started. Still, it would be in your best interest to start planning as soon as you possibly can. Map out your future and start taking notes about what you want, and whether this is the right choice for you. In fact, our next section will help you with that specifically. For now, though, just start putting some ideas to paper.
A lot of people wonder whether they are a good fit for this job. After all, its a great option but it is **not** the option for everyone. We focus a lot on the positive aspects of this career, but lets take a minute and get realthis is not for everyone. It can be great for those who choose it and embrace it wholeheartedly, but some people just arent made for this type of work and thats absolutely fine.
If youre on the fence, or even just new to the idea, here are some things to ask yourself along the way so that you can put yourself in the right mindset for this journey.
If youre just looking for an easy paycheck, this is not the career for you. It does take hard work and its a lot of traveling and researching, but its worth every second for those who embrace our assistance and training and learn the secrets to success as a process server. If youre ready to get involved in a field where you can make a difference while you make a living and control your financial future by working at your pace and becoming as successful as you want to be.
Process servers spend more time researching than anything. While they arent chained to a desk, they do dedicate many hours to scouring the Internet, reaching out to leads, and trying to figure out how to find the subjects to whom they need to serve papers. In todays fast-paced world, people move quickly and some might move even more quickly when they know theyre being sought out for a court summons. If youre not a fan of research, this field is **not for you**.
This is another big aspect of . You could choose to work for a single firm or in a single location, but the most successful process servers are the ones willing to travel that work on a contract basis. These professionals spend a lot of time traveling and it might not just be trips here or there, or a quick run across town. Youll have to be okay with being on the road a lot, and itll be even better if you actually enjoy the idea of traveling as part of this career.
Although its rare, there are some situations where people get confrontational or try to avoid being served papers. Thus, people who work in this field need to