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A Process Server’s Guide to Simple OSINT Tools for Skip Tracing

A Louisiana private investigator and process server offers an overview of some simple but lesser-known OSINT techniques. What is OSINT? According to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) is: “the publicly available information appearing in print or electronic form including radio, television, newspapers, journals, the Internet, commercial databases, videos, graphics,

Brandon LaVan

Hear Me Out: A Difficult Serve

Sometimes, a challenging service of process is more about listening than searching. Being an investigator is so much more than you see on TV. It isn’t so much a job as a way of life — and especially, a mindset. Anything and everything can be a puzzle. Success in this job is all about how

Lindsey Smith

Op-Ed: Has Video Killed the Process Serving Star?

A fellow process server's TikTok profile raises questions about what kind of self-promotion is ethical.

Jacob Osojnak

Does COVID-19 Spell the End of the “In-Hand Serve”?

Pandemic safety measures have changed the way we do business. Some new procedures may be here to stay.

Jacob Osojnak

Catch Me If You Can: Service of Process on Evasive People

Process servers need creativity, logic, communication skills and persistence to complete an efficient serve every time.

Stephanie Mitchell

Process Server’s Notebook: Duplicity & Transparency

When a process server from another state accidentally hired me to try to serve the same defendant again, I had questions.

Jacob Osojnak

Investigators and Process Servers: What’s the Difference?

The differences between process servers and private investigators are all about assignments and economics, not character or capability.

Mark Murnan

Why I Started Using Body Cameras for Serving Process

A PI and process server makes his case for recording every service of process — and how to do it legally and ethically.

Jacob Osojnak

The Process Service

An assignment to serve papers pulls a private investigator into a family's private tragedy.

Susan Lehmann