How to Avoid Process Servers
- 1). Do not open your door to anyone you don't know. If a stranger calls you by name through the door or a window, don't respond. You are under no legal obligation to acknowledge or respond to a process server.
- 2). Instruct everyone in your household to refuse to open the door to strangers and to not communicate with people they don't know. Process servers sometimes receive court permission to serve the summons on anyone in the household, including young teens.
- 3). Refuse to accept any certified mail. If the mail delivery person comes to your door, do not answer the door. The postal service will leave notices in your mailbox that request you to pick up your certified letter at the Post Office. Do not respond to the notices.
- 4). Telecommute as much as possible. Tell your co-workers not to identify you to anyone who asks about you at work. If a co-worker points you out to a process server at work, deny your identity and walk away. While being pursued by a process server, remove all personal identifiers and photographs from your workspace.
- 5). Change your physical appearance often. Take a change of clothes and a wig or hat to work, and change in the restroom before leaving the building. Wear sunglasses and a large hat that obscures your facial features at all times outdoors.
- 6). Vary your habits. Use different entrances and exits every day when arriving for work and leaving your workplace. Stay indoors for lunch and breaks. Don't park in your usual spot or even in the company parking lot.
- 7). Vary your schedule. Arrive at and leave your workplace in darkness. If you usually use mass transit, change the times and locations of your trains or buses. Don't speak to strangers on mass transit.
- 8). Be aware of who's in the cars around you. Don't acknowledge strangers while driving or while stopped for traffic signals. Take different routes to common shopping stops. Wait in your car for a few minutes to be sure you aren't being observed before you step out of your vehicle into a public place.
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