How to become a process server

Official title: Process server

Also called: Notice server, Summons server, Ÿ Notice server, Ÿ Summons server

Process server serves court orders and processes such as notices, summons and subpoenas. He/she receives papers to be served from magistrates or accredited officers. He/she locates the person to be served, delivers documents, and records time and place of delivery.

Main tasks

• Providing delivery confirmation records when requested by the client

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

Will AI change the work of a process server?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026