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What If I’m Not Home to Receive Collections Lawsuit Service?

by Gregory Mark Fitzgerald on Dec. 05, 2018

Bankruptcy & Debt Credit & Debt Bankruptcy & Debt  Collection Bankruptcy & Debt  Bankruptcy 

Summary: While you may suspect a lawsuit is in the works, the arrival of the process server will certainly confirm your fears. In many cases though, defendants are not home; what is your responsibility in this scenario?

"If you do not receive process of the documents at all, that changes everything, and may even cause the case to be dismissed. Every effort should be made by a process server, but sometimes this step is overlooked or performed incorrectly."

Read the entire article on the official Fitzgerald & Campbell, APLC blog.

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