Service by Certified Mail by the Court Clerk
You can pay the court clerk to mail your claim to the person you are suing by certified mail. This can be very convenient and the fee is low.
But this type of service can also be very unreliable. The court will probably not accept it and will make you serve again (with personal or substituted service) if:
- The person you are suing or the person's agent for service does not sign the certified mail receipt with his or her complete name;
- The judge cannot read the signature on the certified mail receipt and cannot tell who signed it; or
- Someone else signs the receipt.
