Process Server Bond
A process server bond provides protection for the state and those parties the process server is working.
Key Highlights
- A process server is a person who delivers a legal notice to a party involved in some kind of lawsuit, although the process server is not involved in that lawsuit in any other way.
- Process server surety bonds are only relevant to individuals who intend to become professional process/summons servers.
- One of those requirements is that the process server must deliver the legal notice promptly so that the recipient can quickly react to it.
How do I purchase a process server bond?
NFP, the nation's largest and most reliable surety company, is authorized to issue process server bonds in each of the 50 states. We can provide the best rates for your bond, as well as the fastest issuance, to get your business off and running.
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Process Server Bond FAQs
A process server is a person who delivers a legal notice to a party involved in some kind of lawsuit, although the process server is not involved in that lawsuit in any other way. The bond serves as a kind of guarantee that the process server will fulfill the requirements of their duty while complying with rules and regulations appropriate to the city, county, or state. One of those requirements is that the process server (also known as a summons server) must deliver the legal notice promptly so that the recipient can quickly react to it.
A process server bond provides protection for the state and those parties the process server is working. If the server does not fulfill the obligations of his office, a claim may be filed against that bond, and compensation may be requested by the aggrieved party. Usually, the grounds for filing a claim include mishandling of documents that were provided to the legal server or some kind of partial execution of duties.
In essence, the summons server bond is an agreement between three parties: the surety company, which issues the bond to the principal, the principal who, in this case, is the summons server, and the obligee, which is the court requiring the summons server to purchase a bond. When a legitimate claim is filed by the obligee against that bond, the surety company is obliged to pay the amount of that claim, after which it will seek reimbursement from the principal, who caused the breach of service for the bond.
Process server surety bonds are only relevant to individuals who intend to become professional process/summons servers. In addition, some states do not require that a professional summons server obtain a bond to be licensed, although the majority of states do make it a requirement. In most cases, obtaining a bond is one step in the licensing procedure that the individual must follow.
The cost of a bond to the server is always some percentage of the total amount of the bond itself, and the total amount of the bond is determined by the appropriate state. In most cases, bond amounts vary between $2,000 and $10,000, and individuals who have a good credit history would be required to pay between 1 and 3% of the bond amount. Individuals with bad credit may still obtain a process server bond, but can expect to pay a higher percentage of the bond amount, because they represent a greater risk to the surety company issuing the bond.
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