Serve by appointment — $60 flat, any document

Who it's for

Any time the person being served will show up — not just divorces. Common appointment serves:

• Agreed or amicable cases — a spouse who wants it done but won't sign a waiver, co-parents modifying an order, business partners winding things down.
• Defendants with lawyers — opposing counsel arranges a time and place for their client to accept the citation.
• Witnesses who'd rather get a subpoena at the office than at home.
• Business owners and registered agents who set a time at their front desk.
• Tenants, heirs, co-owners and anyone else who has simply said, "I'll be there."

How it works

1. In the intake, choose By appointment on the speed step, then enter the agreed time, a backup time, the place, and how it was arranged.
2. A human reviews it, usually within the hour during phone hours, and confirms the slot. Pay the secure link — nothing starts until it's paid.
3. We meet them at the agreed time and place, identify them, deliver the papers, and log GPS, time and photo — just like any serve.
4. You get the affidavit of service, ready to file.

The fine print — short and fair

• $60 flat inside Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties. Outside them, our standard mileage rule applies.
• One free reschedule.
• No-show or refusal? It converts to Routine attempts automatically, and your $60 is credited — you only pay the difference to your county's Routine price.
• Never on Sunday — Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 6 bars serving civil process on Sundays, even when everyone agrees.

Payment-first, no surprises: a human reviews every request before anything happens. Once it's approved you get a secure pay link — nothing starts until it's paid, and nothing is ever charged if we can't take the job. No invoicing, no payment plans.

Setting it up — what to tell the other side

Keep it simple and neutral: "A certified process server will meet you at [place] on [day] at [time] to hand you the court papers. It takes two minutes." Good places are public and easy to find — an office lobby, a front porch, a coffee shop, an attorney's reception desk. Avoid places where the person could be embarrassed, like a crowded workplace floor, unless they suggest it. Give us their cell number if they've agreed to share it; we'll text when we're five minutes out so nobody waits.

If an attorney represents them, the attorney can often accept the papers on their behalf only if the client authorizes it in writing — that's a question for the attorneys. When the client prefers to accept in person, an appointment serve at the law office is the cleanest version of all.

Honest note: you might not need a server at all

If the other side will sign a waiver of service, Texas law often lets them do that instead of being served — for example, under Rule 119 for many civil defendants, and Family Code §6.4035 in divorce cases (sworn before a notary who isn't an attorney in the case). A signed waiver can save you the serve fee entirely. Our mobile notary can come to them for the signature.

Serve by appointment is the cheap, certain path when they won't sign but will show up — or when you simply want formal service on the record.

Compared with a regular serve

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