Navigating the Revolutionized Civil Process Service Industry

Process servers around the country have been using Global Positioning Satellites (GPS) to physically locate an address and serve defendants since technology changed and old-school paper maps have become nearly obsolete. GPS navigation became an excellent tool for civil process servers to get around with ease. However, it isn’t just GPS navigation that has revolutionized the civil process service industry; it is the multi-faceted functionality of GPS that has.

Today, civil process servers are taking advantage of logging GPS coordinates when they make service attempts. With the advent of easy-to-use cell phone apps, programs, and process serving software with these features built in, process servers can in one click capture GPS specific location coordinates at which a process server is attempting service is recorded — including the date and time. Although different programs and apps function differently, the GPS coordinates are typically captured when a civil process server snaps a photo or logs in a service attempt. Presently, this information serves as an added record to show when and where service was attempted or effectuated. In fact, logging GPS coordinates is legally required in New York city; this information must accompany all civil process attempts in New York.