Posted by BrendaTX on 1/27/05 4:56pm
Msg #18457
Serving Subpoenas
In Texas, we can serve subpoenas if we are over the age of 18 and not a party to the suit. I do a few of those in the medical community. I don't do the nasty scary service, of course.
What other states can do this without some official capacity?
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Reply by DellaCa on 1/27/05 6:12pm
Msg #18458
In Ca. my daughter does them and some of hers are the scary ones, she won't tell me about them anymore I lose to much sleep.
Della
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Reply by Lopez0351 on 1/27/05 6:37pm
Msg #18461
Della, do you have any information about how one can do that? Scary ones, excuse the wording, sounds exciting. I've recently left the Marines, and the excitement of being an infantry rifleman who served in Iraq. My wife won't support me going back, nor trying to be a police officer. So now I'm stuck with paper pushing jobs, and going to school. Not to say what I do is bad, it just isn't me. Thank you and to those out there semper fi!
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Reply by DellaCA on 1/27/05 6:45pm
Msg #18463
If I can get your e-mail I will try to find out and we can talk , where are you in Ca.?
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Reply by Lopez0351 on 1/27/05 6:50pm
Msg #18465
Della
I'm located in the southern portion of Los Angeles county in a city called downey. You can email me at [e-mail address] Thank you!
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Reply by Stacy/CA on 1/28/05 12:03am
Msg #18502
Della, I would like to get information as well on how to serve subpoenas. Would you mind e-mailing me? My e-mail is [e-mail address].
TIA
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Reply by Dotti_CA on 1/27/05 8:54pm
Msg #18479
Many thanks to you for serving our country and welcome home. God Bless. Dotti
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Reply by Lopez0351 on 1/27/05 9:01pm
Msg #18480
Dottie
I would like to say your welcome Dottie, but then I would sound boastful, or something like that, just bad. In person when someone tells me that, I just smile and say with pride "I wasn't the only one over there." Semper Fi
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Reply by Laurie on 1/27/05 7:35pm
Msg #18470
Brenda, I would like to talk to you about this. I also live in TX and have been thinking about doing this and would like to get your input on it. Thanks
[e-mail address]
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Reply by BrendaTX on 1/27/05 7:47pm
Msg #18473
I emailed you. 
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Reply by HisHughness on 1/27/05 10:37pm
Msg #18492
Served a subpoena on a doctor last week. That just isn't done. Doctors regard themselves above we members of the hoi polloi. He was so incensed he threw the subpoena out the door and ordered me off the property. Reminded me of the doctor who died and went to heaven (which in itself takes the joke out of the realm of the possible). When he appeared before the throne, he turned to the guy next to him and asked, "Who is that doctor sitting on the Throne?" "I don't know," the fellow responded, "but the guy on his right hand is God."
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Reply by DellaCa on 1/27/05 10:42pm
Msg #18493
Hugh how did you get to see the doctor without paying to see him?
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Reply by HisHughness on 1/27/05 11:22pm
Msg #18497
DellaCA asks:
***Hugh how did you get to see the doctor without paying to see him?***
Served him at home.
I am reminded of a conversation I overheard in the courthouse once between four doctors, all of whom were quite ticked because they had been involuntarily subpoenaed to testify in a malpractice case. They were complaining about lawyers, and the impact lawyer had had on their malpractice insurance premiums. One doctor was silent, until he finally spoke up:
"I don't understand, fellows. I've been a doctor for 17 years and a brain surgeon for 11, and I've never been sued."
The other doctors were stunned, and wanted to know how he had achieved such a remarkable record.
"Well," he replied, "I don't operate on anything except Germans, Japanese and lawyers."
"What difference does that make?" they asked.
"Well, think about it," the doctor said. "Germans are exhaustively diagrammed; it's hard to make a mistake. Japanese -- they're all color coded. Simple. And lawyers? A lawyer doesn't have but two moving parts, his mouth and his rectum, and they're interchangable."
Need I note that the doctor's language was a little more graphic than "rectum?"
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Reply by Debbie/NJ on 1/28/05 5:22am
Msg #18509
How can I find out if I can do this in New Jersey?
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Reply by BrendaTX on 1/28/05 6:26am
Msg #18512
Serving Subpoenas / How to get more information
I have received several emails regarding how to do this.
First of all, it's a state-to-state thing, as far as I know. What I know may be false for other states.
The reason I knew how to do it is because I worked for a Texas lawyer who frequently issued requests for subpoenas, or subpoenas duces tecum.
[When I want to know how to do something, I use relative keywords to search on Google.com to find how-to information. So, if you are interested in getting more information perhaps some of the keywords in this overview will give you some ideas of how to search on Google.com . This is the best help I can give you.]
The procedure to have a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum issued by a lawyer I worked for was
(1) issue the request
(2) cut check/send check & request to appropriate clerk-courthouse
(3) receive subpoena or subpoena duces tecum
(4) find a process server in relative jurisdiction
(5) attach $1 bill to subpoena
(6) cut check for process server's fee
(7) send subpoena or wait for process server to pick up
(8) process server does the service
(9) file "Process Server's Return" with appropriate county clerk
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In Texas, See Rule 176 of the Civil Procedure Code. For Texas do a search on Google using key words "Rule 176" + "subpoena" or "RULE 176 T.R.C.P" + "subpoena" .
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In other states try doing a search on Google using
"State" + "subpoena" + "Civil Procedure"
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Who gives work for this type of work?
Lawyers
Litigation support firms
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How can I find this type of work?
I don't know. It finds me.
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Will I post who I do this work for?
No. I don't give out my legal contacts or litigation support firm contacts.
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Disclaimer: Anything I say may be totally false. I don't practice law, or give legal advice.
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Reply by BrendaTX on 1/28/05 7:13am
Msg #18515
Searching the Internet & Newcomer tips
Using Google.com - I implemented the search suggestions above for the states of CA and MD, just for a test. Within a few minutes I had found
For Maryland:
(1) As to who may serve a summons see >>>>Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure<<<< ***Which will tell you if you can serve or not in Maryland***
(2) http://www.mdd.uscourts.gov ***which is lots of info you need on Rules of Civil procedure in Maryland****
For California:
>>>http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/.html/ccp_table_of_contents.html <<<<
Which is an index to the entire CA Code of Civil Procedure.
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The way to find opportunity and ways to create income for yourself is to learn to search the internet.
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Newcomer Tips - Here's a very sincerely provided newcomer tip: Do your own research and due dilligence if you want to succeed:
Rather than to rely on what another person will tell you, take EVERYTHING with a grain of salt and find citable sources yourself. Period. The reasons I say this are:
Some people -- even friends and veteran posters--
(1) don't have a respect for the truth. [read as: Some people -- even friends and veteran posters-- are bs-ing liars.]
(2) have egos so big that they hate to say "I don't know" and will pull information out of their rears just to impress you. [read as: Some people -- even friends and veteran posters-- are full of crap. ]
(3) don't know what they are talking about 75% of the time. [read as: Some people -- even friends and veteran posters-- are stupid.]
(4) will lie to you just to throw you off course so they appear superior, especially if you might infringe on their income. [read as: Some people -- even friends and veteran posters-- want to confuse you and cannot be trusted on any level.]
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Reply by LawrenceOK on 1/28/05 9:28am
Msg #18525
Re: Searching the Internet & Newcomer tips
Brenda, you play nice or I'll empty your sandbox and drain the pool.
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Reply by BrendaTX on 1/28/05 9:31am
Msg #18526
Re: Searching the Internet & Newcomer tips
Hey, Lawrence!
Here's an example, I suppose, of times we come across as rude when we don't mean to be.
Did I sound mean in this post?
B
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Reply by LawrenceOK on 1/28/05 9:35am
Msg #18527
Re: Searching the Internet & Newcomer tips
Not to me, but I also know how you post most of the time. it could have been a lot worse. lol
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Reply by DellaCa on 1/28/05 11:41am
Msg #18557
Re: Serving Subpoenas / How to get more information
Thanks Brenda for being helpful.
Della
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Reply by LawrenceOK on 1/28/05 9:57am
Msg #18530
Brenda, did a seach for my state Oklahoma, apparently anyone over the age of 18 can deliver a subpoena, but from what I read, only a sherrif can deliver a summons. this just dont seem right somehow. will read it further later, might have missed something.
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Reply by BrendaTX on 1/28/05 10:02am
Msg #18531
Lawrence -
Good information...except that I have no idea what the difference between a summons and a subpoena is. I agree, it does not seem right.
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Reply by HisHughness on 1/28/05 10:35am
Msg #18539
LawrenceOK states:
***Brenda, did a seach for my state Oklahoma, apparently anyone over the age of 18 can deliver a subpoena, but from what I read, only a sherrif can deliver a summons. this just dont seem right somehow...***
Summons = commencement of a legal action, directing a party to answer a complaint filed against him. Normally requires more solemnity of service than a subpoena because the consequences of inaction are more severe.
Subpoena = Used to generate evidence, whether by compelling a witness to appear and testify or by compelling a person or entity to produce physical evidence of some sort, i.e., documents, pictures, film, tangible items, etc. Also, a long sandwich made of the Italian lunch meat "poena," which is the thinly shaved male genitals of a Caspian mountain goat; usually garnished with tiny melon balls.
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Reply by BrendaTX on 1/28/05 11:02am
Msg #18547
So, a summons "Summons = commencement of a legal action" is when a lawsuit is served on a Defendant, probably, maybe???
And, those are the kind I don't do, even though I interpret Rule 176 to say that in Texas you can serve this type of process. [Thinking .... angry spouses...divorces...bad landlords...lawsuits being filed against people.]
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Reply by BrendaTX on 1/28/05 10:03am
Msg #18532
Got the answers I was looking for - THANKS - nm
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