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By Amaro Hesen 13 Mar, 2024
Skip tracing services help businesses track down unresponsive, hard-to-find, or missing people related to your business needs.
Investigators Legally Use Drones for Surveillance in Florida
By Amaro Hesen 07 Mar, 2024
Private investigators who conduct illegal surveillance with a drone could be held liable. The drone laws in Florida are strict.
By Amaro Hesen 29 Feb, 2024
If your client is taking legal action against another person or party, whether to sue for compensation or punitive damages, one of the initial steps you’ll need to complete is serving the legal documents to them. “Serving” is the process of delivering the notice of legal action. It involves verifying that the documents made it to the defendant. The main way to serve legal documents is through a process server in Florida. To understand how long you have to serve legal documents in Florida, it is helpful to understand two concepts: the statute of limitations and the 120-day rule. Statute of Limitations for Civil Cases in Florida A statute of limitations refers to the time you have to take legal action against a person or party after an event. That generally includes hiring the services of a process server in Florida to ensure proper delivery of your documents. Florida has different statutes of limitations for different cases; you’ll want to speak with an attorney about the statute of limitations that applies to your case. The deadlines for common civil cases in Florida are as follows: Injury to a person : Four years Professional malpractice : Two years Injury to personal property : Four years Wrongful death : Two years The clock usually begins ticking on the day the damages occurred. For wrongful death, the statute of limitations begins on the date of the person’s death. For malpractice cases and other instances where the damages are not realized until some time after the actual event, the statute of limitations would begin when the plaintiff reasonably should have realized the damages. A few rare exceptions to the statute of limitations exist. If you have already surpassed the case’s deadline, speak with an attorney about whether any exceptions may apply to you. The 120-Day Rule for Serving Legal Documents Once you have filed a lawsuit in the civil court, you’ll need to adhere to Florida’s 120-day rule for serving the documents to the defendant. You have 120 days from the filing date to serve the notice of the lawsuit to the defendant officially. The typical way to serve these documents is through a professional process server in Florida. If your business fails to serve the paperwork within 120 days, the defendant can file a motion to dismiss, and the court can dismiss the case. It is possible to refile the complaint if you are still within the statute of limitations. But if you have fallen outside the statute of limitations, you must argue that the state’s Savior Clause applies to your case. The Savior Clause allows plaintiffs to extend the 120-day rule if they can show “good cause” for why they did not serve the complaint within 120 days. Good cause generally means that the plaintiff attempted to serve the complaint but was not able to locate the defendant or could not otherwise deliver the complaint for valid reasons. Ensure Timely Service of Process With Professional Process Servers & Investigators, Inc. In summary, you have 120 days from filing the lawsuit to serve the paperwork, but you can refile if necessary as long as you are within the statute of limitations. Professional Process Servers & Investigators, Inc. offers reliable service of process in Florida. If required, we can officially serve your complaint to the defendant through a few different methods. Our efficient services can prevent you from missing the 120-day deadline and needing to refile or prove good cause. To hire a process server in Florida, call 954-566-2523 or complete the online form .
Process Serving Company Track Bank Accounts
By Amaro Hesen 22 Feb, 2024
Skip tracers are professional investigators who track down people who don’t want to be found. This may include past addresses and bank or credit information.
Process Server Manage When the Recipient Tries to Run
By Amaro Hesen 15 Feb, 2024
Process servers provide a valuable resource to businesses, and have skills to navigate those who seek to flee.
12 Sep, 2020
We serve private mailboxes on a regular basis. These include places like The UPS Store, Pak-N-Ship locations, etc. However, these are only done in special cases for individuals and corporations. This is based on Florida Statute 48.031. Transcript: The state has some rules and some changes, which I also want to tell you about, that came about in 2004. We were having so many problems in serving corporations, where they were hiding behind a mailbox facility, a Pak-N-Ship, one of those places, using a suite number with an actual box number, where we couldn’t get to serve them because they were hidden. There was no place for their home address. The legislature then amended the statute to allow us, if the individual/corporation uses a private mailbox facility as their place of business, and you can determine that they still maintain a mailbox there, you can serve the attendant , which then stopped all of that nonsense and craziness. The other statute is that if the only address discoverable through public record is a private mailbox, and you can determine that the person is still there, if it’s a private individual, yes, you can now serve the mailbox attendant as well. …but you have to make sure that he still maintains a box there. That’s part of the statute. So, what we normally do is, we’ll walk in, we see it’s a mailbox. The first thing we ask before we can even tell them who we are, “I have a delivery for XYZ Corporation. Do they still maintain box 214?” “Yes, they do.” “Served.”
15 Jan, 2020
One of our most common investigative services we provide is surveillance. There are a slew of reasons someone would want or need a surveillance done, whether for personal reasons or for reasons related to corporate matters. With their level of training and access to certain databases and tools, private investigators are able to glean information that cannot be found through common searches. When performing surveillance, for instance, they go beyond researching and become physically involved, carrying out actions such as capturing photo and video and staking out at a location for hours on end. At our company, we don’t usually take on personal matters when it comes to surveillance. If you suspect your wife is cheating on you and you want someone to follow her sneaking around with other men, we aren’t the people you want to contact. Our clients are usually attorneys and insurance companies and professionals. As an example of the types of cases we see, someone may be claiming an injury , and they may wrongfully claim this injury, in the hopes of gaining some sort of compensation, usually money. This injury may be from a car accident or may be the driving force behind a workers compensation case. Regardless of the situation, if you need surveillance work done, be sure to hire a professional investigator. We are always ready to fulfill your investigative requests.
06 Jan, 2020
Not everything can be taught. Either you have it or you don’t. That’s the way it goes, sometimes. As far as private investigators are concerned, they have to possess a certain set of skills that allows them to get the job done without blowing their cover. They know how to approach certain situations and know how and when to move and where to move to. They know the props they might need. They know how to stay in character. They know the signs to look for. They know how to maneuver. Training is necessary. That part is sort of like music theory. It provides explanations. It tells them what is happening and tells them what to do and why they’re doing what they’re doing. The actual surveillance is the test. Private investigators must apply what they’ve learned in training and use whichever tactics are applicable, because they may not all be necessary in a given situation. The answers aren’t laid out, so it’s up to them to decide what to do and how to do it. ♦ Transcript: …so when I go out on a surveillance, and I know Charles; this is Charles Boneh. He’s a surveillance operator that works with me. He has his own company out of Miami. He has similar training but from a foreign government. When we go out on surveillance, we just don’t pull up our car, sit, and hope the guy comes out of the house or, you know, that sort of thing. I remember a job that Charles did for me, I think it was up in Stuart or one of those places up there, where his training was able to get the goods of the person…he was outside, up the street, maybe 50 yards up from the house. He’s watching it. But he’s also listening. He’s looking at what’s going on. And he hears this noise coming from the back of the house. So, he leaves his surveillance position and drives around the corner and starts going up this little hill. And he looks back down at the house and hears the person that we’re trying to surveille, in the swimming pool, a young lady who says she cannot bend, she cannot use her back, she’s in all kinds of trouble and distress because she was in this automobile accident. And here she is, diving into her pool. Charles is sitting there videotaping her, you know. She gets out of the pool, gets up on her lounge chair, and she starts stretching her legs, touching her forehead with her legs, and Charles has got her all on tape.  Now, I believe that any other surveillance operator would’ve stayed in his static position and waited til somebody came out the door to get in their car to go follow them wherever they were gonna go. It’s a difference in training. So, make sure that your P.I. that you’re using to do surveillance specializes in it. He’s got some skills. He knows how to manipulate. He knows how to be a chameleon. He can change colors, change looks. He’s got a variety of cameras, not only handheld, but hidden, a buttonhole in your glasses, in your baseball cap. Whatever the situation may need. Because your player may get out of the car and go into a mall. Well, hey, this is the best time. Let’s get in there with a hidden camera and follow this person around while they’re carrying bagloads of stuff when they say they can’t carry anything. Or doing their shopping, standing on their feet when they say they can’t walk. These are the different kinds of skills that I’m talking about.
05 Jan, 2020
Although the bulk of our work comes from clients wanting documents served, we also conduct investigations and carry out the investigative services mentioned in this graphic, on a regular basis. People who request these services may include attorneys doing work for insurance companies and insurance companies themselves, for instance, when accidents happen.  Investigations can range from minor to in-depth, depending on the information being sought and the severity of the matter at hand. At the end of the day, they are always needed.
02 Dec, 2019
It is an honor to say we’ve come this far. But, more importantly, the only reason we are here is because of YOU . So, first things first, we want to simply say, “Thank you,” for your business and for trusting us to carry out your service of process and investigative needs. During these 25 years, we have built countless relationships, many of which are still standing strong today. With these bonds has come trust from all parties involved, and this is the main reason why we have been able to maintain our reputation within the legal realm of South Florida. With our recent change in ownership, we are looking forward to taking our business to the next level. This involves optimization and servicing more clients on a more widespread basis, implementing the advantages technology has the opportunity to provide. But in order to effectively expand, we have to first make internal expansions. In the past couple years alone, we have made adjustments in different areas, in an effort to better please you and to increase our exposure and to ensure we are carrying out our services to the best of our ability. As with anything, if you want to see something different, you have to do something different. So, we are taking heed to this ideology and are wishing for the best, moving forward. That being said, we are always open to your questions and concerns and any suggestions you, our clients, may have. Taking the time out to voice your thoughts to us allows us to see the other side of the business, from your perspective. And engaging with that point of view helps us to identify any areas that may need improvement. So, please, feel free to reach out to us or leave reviews on any platform. We appreciate the feedback.  Thank you, again, for allowing us to see 25 years in business. Here’s to many more to come!
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