Can I file a proof of service without the process servers number? Who is ever going to know?
The law requires that any proof of service signed by an independent contractor bear the county of registration and number of both the process server and the registrant company. This may also require three registration numbers if the service was sent to another agency; the registration numbers of the sending agency, the receiving and serving agency and the process server. All are involved in the service for compensation. Enforcement of the provisions of the new law will not be done by any one agency. The court clerks will not check or reject the proofs of service for filing. The district attorney’s office will not be pulling files for violations of the new law. The person served could check if he or she is looking for a way to challenge service. And the attorney or party who sends the assignment to a process server might question the validity of service when the proof is returned to them.
