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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.
As the capital of Michigan, Lansing is the site of countless legal proceedings every year, from minor civil infractions to major lawsuits and criminal cases. The legal system is made up of hardworking professionals, including lawyers, judges, paralegals, and administrative support staff, but the process server is often overlooked.
Process servers are essential to the legal process as we know it today. At the heart of every legal case is the right to due process, and it is the process server who does the important first step in protecting the rights of defendants, named parties, and other individuals involved in legal cases.
Lansing area attorneys are always looking for the best possible process servers to do this important work. You can trust Firefly Legal to provide you with servers who understand the legal and procedural implications of this essential role. Our servers understand the rules and regulations of serving process in Michigan.
For more than thirty years, we’ve provided attorneys and other legal professionals nationwide with the best process servers available. We can help your Lansing law firm find the right people to help you set the foundation of your case on strong legal standing.
The rules for serving process are set by each state. Process servers in Lansing, Michigan are governed by the Michigan Rules of Civil Procedure. Working with a process server who understands the rules they must follow is essential to a successful case.
Process servers in Michigan must:
Process servers in Michigan are not required to be licensed. Process in civil actions may be served by any legally competent adult who is not a party or an officer of a corporate party. However, they must meet these basic requirements:
Unlike many other states, there is no special testing, education, or licensing required in Michigan. That said, the Michigan Court Officers, Deputy Sheriffs Association (MCODSA) offers voluntary certifications, including the Certified Process Server (CPS) designation.
The CPS designation requires 8 hours per year of continuing education, but this certification is not mandatory to be a process server.
Process in civil actions may be served by any legally competent adult who is not a party or an officer of a corporate party. Specifically, the following individuals may serve process:
Deputy sheriff or bailiff (if that officer holds office in the county in which the court issuing the process is held)
Any legally competent adult who is not a party to the case
For a process requiring arrest: only a sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, or court officer appointed by the court
Anyone named in a court case may be served, but there are special rules to follow for some individuals and entities:
Additional service of process rules in Michigan
Additional rules for process servers in Lansing and throughout Michigan include:
Do you need an expert process server who can keep your cases moving forward? Schedule an expert consultation with Firefly Legal today.
Being a leader in the civil process service industry means providing our clients with unparalleled integrity, excellence, and reliability.
Firefly Legal has spent the last few decades assisting lawyers and other legal professionals with essential legal services. Building a strong legal case requires careful attention to detail from start to finish, and that starts with choosing the right process server.
Our nationwide network of process servers is full of experienced, knowledgeable, and well-equipped servers. We are committed to providing you with customized solutions for your unique needs.
No matter how many process servers you need, or how often you need to retain their services, you can expect:
Professional process servers employ multiple strategies when standard service attempts fail. For example, skip tracing services help locate individuals who have moved or are avoiding service. Michigan courts recognize that some defendants intentionally evade service, so they permit alternative notification methods when traditional approaches are exhausted. These might include posting notices, publishing in local newspapers, or other court-approved alternatives after demonstrating reasonable efforts were made.
Corporate service requires targeting specific authorized individuals within the organization. Officers, registered agents, directors, or business location managers can accept documents on behalf of companies. Government agencies follow their own protocols. Each entity type has established procedures to ensure proper notification reaches decision-makers who can respond appropriately.
Most routine service in Lansing is completed within one week, though several variables can affect timing. Straightforward residential service often happens within 2-3 business days. Commercial service may take longer due to business hours and the availability of authorized recipients.
In some complex cases that involve evasive parties or require multiple attempts, resolution can extend beyond the typical timeframe.
Michigan courts require detailed proof of service documentation regardless of who performs the delivery. The affidavit must include exact service details:
While failure to file proof doesn’t invalidate proper service, courts need this documentation to proceed. Professional servers typically handle these requirements automatically, while private individuals must ensure proper completion.
At Firefly Legal, we have a long history of connecting attorneys with great process servers. Our countless satisfied clients benefit from working with professional, knowledgeable, and experienced process servers who know how to do this essential work.
You can also access our additional legal services and support. We offer comprehensive legal support for your cases!
Book a call with Firefly Legal today to find out more.
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!
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
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
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.
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.
“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
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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