I am taking my landlord to small claims over him not returning my deposit. According to the court, I have 3 ways to serve him
Service of the claim can be accomplished by any of the following methods:
A professional process server (see telephone Yellow Pages).
Any person of legal age (18) who is not connected with the case, either as a witness or as a party.
By mailing copies of the Notice of Small Claim to the defendant by registered or certified mail with a return receipt requested.
I chose option #3. I mailed a copy to the defendent by certified mail Jan 8th. Today, Feb 18th, I check with the USPS and the landlord has not picked up and signed for this document.
How far does my responsibility go in serving my landlord. I guess he can choose to not sign for the document but does that mean i need to still use a process server or does his lack of acknowledgement stand up in court. I will have tons of proof that attempts were made by the USPS to deliver the notice to him.
Service of the claim can be accomplished by any of the following methods:
A professional process server (see telephone Yellow Pages).
Any person of legal age (18) who is not connected with the case, either as a witness or as a party.
By mailing copies of the Notice of Small Claim to the defendant by registered or certified mail with a return receipt requested.
I chose option #3. I mailed a copy to the defendent by certified mail Jan 8th. Today, Feb 18th, I check with the USPS and the landlord has not picked up and signed for this document.
How far does my responsibility go in serving my landlord. I guess he can choose to not sign for the document but does that mean i need to still use a process server or does his lack of acknowledgement stand up in court. I will have tons of proof that attempts were made by the USPS to deliver the notice to him.
