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Firefly Legal can take care of your process serving and skip tracing so that you don’t have to face serving obstacles or fail to file a legal case.

 

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Attorneys in Michigan understand the importance of innovative, efficient, and reliable solutions in legal document delivery. Reliability and professionalism are a must when partnering with a process serving firm, as a process server can make or break the foundation of a legal case. 

Excellence, integrity, and reliability are also vital when serving processes — one misstep could lead to disastrous consequences. A process server in Michigan without the right training, thorough legal knowledge, and effective communication can cause a legal case to face challenges, delays, or even dismissal. 

However, the right process servers can ensure a seamless first step in your case.

Firefly Legal, a proven, nationwide industry leader for almost 30 years, can provide progressive customized solutions and trusted, proven legal services to meet your needs.   

We don’t just move paperwork — we partner with attorneys to keep cases moving forward. Let a Firefly Legal process server in Michigan take care of your paperwork so that you can focus on building strong cases for your clients.

A skilled Michigan process server has the knowledge and communication skills for dependable legal assistance.
Partnering with the right legal firm ensures prompt delivery to both Michigan residents and non-residents.

What You Need to Know About Process Serving in Michigan

You need a private process server in Michigan who understands legal compliance, works with discretion, and provides efficient and competent services. An unbiased third party who can create customized solutions for every unique case. 

For Michigan attorneys, a solid professional relationship with an industry leader like Firefly Legal can help to relieve your stress and reduce the need to dedicate precious resources to hiring a new process server for every case.

Firefly takes pride in making our clients our priority. We’re committed to delivering successful results and establishing a valuable partnership with you and your company. From personal injury lawsuits to medical malpractice and divorce cases, a partnership with the right process server in Michigan will create a seamless foundation to allow your cases to move forward.

Michigan process serving laws and regulations

The Rules of Civil Procedure in Michigan may vary from other states and jurisdictions. It’s vital that the legal services firm you partner with remains in thorough legal compliance with state regulations. 

The right private process server in Michigan will understand that laws are always subject to change, and will adhere to the following mandates currently in place:

  • Summons should include the names of each party involved in the civil case, the date of the issued summons, and the last date of validity for the summons.
  • A summons expires 91 days after the date of issue.
  • If a summons is not served to a defendant before the expiration date, the case will be dismissed unless proof of processes served is provided.
  • A defendant must answer a summons within 21 days of process service.
  • Any legal adult who isn’t associated with a corporate party may be qualified to serve process.
  • A process requiring the seizure of property or arrest may only be served by a law enforcement official approved by the Michigan courts. 
  • Proof of service can be verified by a defendant’s signature and the date affirming delivery, a certificate of service from an appointed court officer or attorney, and a court-filed written statement with the details of service and delivery.
  • A summons may be issued via certified, registered mail. 
  • A process server cannot serve a party coming or going from court in a matter where their presence is required.
  • State legislature members are exempt from the rules of process.

Who can be served in Michigan?

A process server in Michigan must comply with the summons limitations, and ensure that a defendant is served within 91 days of an issued summons. This allows ample time for a named party to respond to the summons.

When you partner with the right legal services firm, the firm’s process servers can deliver legal documents to the following recipients:

  • Both Michigan residents and non-residents if the process is served personally (in other words, non-residents cannot receive summons via registered mail)
  • Parents or custodial guardians of a minor named as defendants in a claim
  • Partners in a named business 
  • Officers of private companies or foreign entities
  • Agent, officer, partner, or trustee of an unincorporated volunteer organization
  • A summons against an insurer can be filed with the Commissioner of the Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation
  • Government heads such as city mayors and township clerks

Hours a process server can deliver in Michigan

The hours a private process server can deliver in Michigan don’t follow normal business hours. However, a process server must still follow the hours guidelines required by the state in order to remain within legal compliance and avoid nullifying your case.

Here are some examples:

  • Process serving is illegal on election days (national, state, and local elections are included in this regulation).
  • Any hours in which a party can be located are permissible for process serving.
  • A process server can serve documents at a defendant’s place of employment if they cannot be located at home.
  • Other than election day, process servers may deliver 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
  • A process server cannot serve papers during a scheduled religious gathering.

Serve Defendants right the first time.

Being a leader in the civil process service industry means providing our clients with unparalleled integrity, excellence, and reliability.

  • Committed to a first-class experience for clients.
  • Continual track record of a high success rate of service of process.
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  • Able to deliver service in a reliable and timely manner.
  • Compliant with all local and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
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How Firefly Legal Can Help

Firefly Legal has remained an industry leader for almost 30 years. From our small beginnings as a startup, family-owned legal services company in Chicago to our innovative proprietary technology, and nationwide services, we’re passionate about helping our clients find legal success.

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Attorneys in Michigan need reliable process servers for accurate and legally compliant service.

Here’s a glimpse at what you’ll receive when you partner with Firefly Legal:

  • Audits for accuracy:

In order to ensure our process services and other legal service needs exceed your expectations and standards, we audit each of our cases. Our process serving team adheres to the highest standards of confidentiality, efficiency,  reliability, and current legal compliance guidelines. 

Growth and excellence provide the foundation for our work.

  • Compliance:           

Our process servers in Michigan have a thorough knowledge of the variations in federal, regional, and state regulations. For example, process serving laws in specific cities may vary. 

Every legal paper delivery that our team conducts is in compliance with the pertinent process serving laws.

  • Community involvement:

At Firefly Legal, we’re passionate about giving back to the communities we serve. We take advantage of charitable contributions, fundraising, and other volunteer opportunities to help those who need us. 

Our team’s community involvement includes the Feeding America Food Drive, the Staples “Do Something” School Drive, and much more.

We’ll take care of efficiently filing any time-sensitive legal documents (electronically or in-person) with the courts so you can focus on the big picture of your case. We also help you to save time running to and from the courthouse by taking care of your document retrieval needs. 

  • Detail and discretion:

Court cases can involve heightened emotions for every involved party. Firefly Legal process servers understand the need for attention to detail, discretion, and sensitivity in each step of our work.  

  • Leadership through partnership:

As an industry leader, Firefly Legal is committed to providing our clients with the best legal services through excellence, integrity, and reliability. Michigan attorneys and law firms aren’t just our clients—they’re our partners on every level.    

  • Proprietary technology:

Our groundbreaking proprietary Case Management System allows our clients to access real-time status updates, and features secured web access, electronic data interfaces, and a user-friendly application.

This technology also allows for streamlined workflows and waterfall processes that support accuracy and efficiency for all of our process servers. As technology rapidly evolves, it continues to offer extremely beneficial tools for process servers. 

Our team trains on the latest technological tools to provide the best results for our clients. 

  • Skip tracing:

Named defendants in a Michigan civil case may get wind of the case before they’re served processes. These individuals may try to evade our process servers in the false hopes of delaying the case against them.

Lawyers and their firms don’t have the time to waste chasing after these defendants. Thankfully, Firefly Legal offers the best skip tracing services available. 

Our skip tracing methods can include deep searches of private and public databases, professional and personal histories, and tracking social media activity to ensure we can serve processes in a timely manner and avoid case delays.

How to choose a process server in Michigan

Attorneys need to be able to count on an excellent partnership with process servers in Michigan. Accuracy and legal compliance are crucial to process serving, and only highly qualified servers can deliver with these assurances. 

Here are some vital features you should look for in a legal services company: 

  • Compliance:

An adherence to legal compliance and thorough training of private process servers should be featured on the websites of reputable firms. Client testimonials and other online reviews may also highlight compliance with local, state, and federal civil procedures. Dedication to legal compliance is paramount to the success of your cases. 

  • Clear communication:

Transparent communication between process servers and attorneys can prevent case delays and other challenges from arising. You should be able to be informed of the progress of your served process, have any questions answered, and receive real-time updates. 

  • Customized Solutions:

Every case may present unique challenges. When researching process servers in Michigan, it’s important to look for companies that embrace the need for customized solutions.

  • Technology: 

An excellent process server will utilize the latest technology, like GPS tracking and electronic proof of service to increase attention to detail, efficiency, and reliable service.

Contact Firefly Legal

At Firefly Legal, we understand the importance of an excellent process server. In Michigan, you can rely on our comprehensive services to build a lasting partnership with you and your firm. Your needs are our greatest priority, and we’re committed to exceeding your expectations.

Whether you need a process server or are looking for additional services, join the countless clients who stand as our partners.

We’ll shine our leading light to illuminate your legal path and build an authentic relationship with you. Collaboration and inspirational problem-solving are crucial to a successful partnership, and provide the foundation for all of our client relationships. Constant growth and integrity drive our mission.  

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Firefly audits every file coming in and going out without slowing down the process. We believe our attention to detail is unique to the industry and brings a high level of accuracy to our clients. We demand perfection!

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Frequently Asked Questions

Firefly Legal process servers in Michigan are responsible for delivering a variety of legal documents, including subpoenas, summonses, divorce papers, motions, petitions, and tenant notifications. Our team follows legal guidelines to ensure these documents are served in compliance with state laws.

Yes, Michigan allows process servers to deliver legal papers 24/7, except on election days and during religious gatherings. Firefly Legal’s process servers work efficiently to serve documents within these guidelines, ensuring that cases move forward without unnecessary delays.

Yes, process servers can serve non-residents if it is done in person. In Michigan, non-residents are not allowed to receive summons by registered mail, but Firefly Legal can ensure personal service to out-of-state defendants where legally permissible.

What do our Satisfied Customers Say?

★★★★★ 5/5

Our firm handles a high volume caseload and Firefly has been instrumental in developing systems that are efficient, yet maintain a high degree of quality control. Firefly’s team is innovative and adaptable to help us meet the needs of our clients, and has utilized creative solutions to help navigate the ever-changing legal landscape.

Joel Knosher, Attorney Denzin Soltanzadeh LLC

★★★★★ 5/5

Our firm has had the pleasure of working with Firefly for several years now. Firefly’s customer service and response times are outstanding. Firefly’s web portal is extremely user-friendly, and the file information is always up to date. In addition to placing file updates on their web portal, Firefly also sends email updates, which is extremely convenient and allows us to easily save updates to our electronic files. Firefly also provides our firm with quarterly client reports that provide us with important details on our files, such as status updates and analytics, which are invaluable from a practice management standpoint. We truly enjoy working with Firefly and consider them a valued vendor partner!

Albertelli Law Partners Ohio – Tony Scarlato, Ohio Managing Partner

★★★★★ 5/5

It was a pleasure working with the Firefly team for this years audit. Firefly was very responsive, professional and thorough in both their initial questionnaire as well as all follow-ups. Firefly’s compliance and security controls are both on point. I look forward to our continued relationship and working with them on the compliance audit in 2021.

Stefanie Rudy, Compliance Manager – Diaz Anselmo & Associates P.A.

★★★★★ 5/5

Overall Firefly has drastically helped with efficiency of the service process in our office. They have extremely fast turnaround times with getting things filed and out for service, a very attentive detail oriented staff which is very helpful and responsive to all messages, their servers have done great so far in locating defendants and getting them served quickly, and an added plus is their website which is very user friendly and straight forward to use. Overall I would give Firefly an A+ grade, keep up the good work.

Henschel & Beinhaker, P.A.

★★★★★ 5/5

“Thank you for working so hard for/and with us to ensure the filings are getting done timely. I know it can get a little crazy sometimes with these FHA deadlines and we appreciate you always working with us to ensure the deadlines are getting met.”

Anselmo Lindberg & Associates LLC

★★★★★ 5/5

I wanted to thank you for the expeditious manner in which you handled obtaining the court date and filing the documents at the Bridgeview courthouse. You saved us a lot of aggravation and our client a lot of money. We will definitely be using Firefly Legal in the future. Thanks again.

Julie McCormack, DAVIS|FRIEDMAN

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