Upload the signed order and the documents. We read what the court authorized, show you the message before it goes, send it from a Texas certified process server, and capture the transmission, delivery and access events. The order is served with the citation and petition, and the record lands in your ServeManager job.
Texas Rule 106(b)(2) lets the court order service "in any other manner, including electronically by social media, email, or other technology" once the affidavit shows traditional service was tried. The order controls everything we do — the method, the exact identifier, and the documents.
We serve the identifier in the order and no other — even if the file shows a different email or number. If the order is missing something, it is faster to fix the order than to defend the service.
Don't have the order yet? The motion is only as good as the diligence affidavit behind it. Our investigations team documents the attempts, locates the working email, number and accounts, and prepares the affidavit and proposed order for counsel.
Affidavits for substituted serviceElectronic service stands or falls on the return. For email we don't rely on a screenshot of a sent folder — the message goes through a tracked mail service that logs each event, and we compile them into a Record of Service by Electronic Means that states when, on whom and where service was made, and by which certified server.
The record is attached to your ServeManager job and delivered with the return, ready for the affidavit or verified return the certified server signs.
The signed order and everything it says to serve, in one drop. Scanned copies are read too.
We show what the order authorizes — channel, identifier, companion steps — and you correct anything read wrong.
You see the exact message the defendant will receive and approve it as written. Nothing is sent that you haven't seen.
A certified server sends it, the events are recorded, and the Record of Service lands on your job — usually the same business day.
Pricing. $150 for the first authorized channel, including captures and the Record of Service; $75 for each additional channel on the same order; $50 for a certified mailing, return receipt requested, when the order requires it. Posting at a residence is priced by county on the order form. Pay by card at checkout or bill to your firm's account.
Start an orderYes, when a court has authorized it. Since 2020, Rule 106(b)(2) expressly allows service by email, social media or other technology after an affidavit shows personal service and service by mail were attempted and the electronic method will be reasonably effective. Without the order, the service is not valid.
When the documents were transmitted, to whom, to which address, number or account, and the manner of service. Our record supplies the timestamps and the delivery, open and click events; the certified server who sent it completes the return.
Texas does not require proof the defendant read the message — the court has already found the method reasonably effective. The delivery acceptance, opens and document clicks we capture are corroboration, and they go in the record.
Add it on the order form. The mailing (return receipt requested) or the posting is handled under the same job and included in the return.
A Texas certified process server. The server's name and JBCC certification number appear in the message and on the return.
Any Texas court. Harris, Dallas, Bexar, Travis, Tarrant and Fort Bend orders are the most common; the rest of the state is handled the same way.
Documented attempts, located contact points, and the motion and proposed order prepared for counsel's signature.
After the serveE-Filing the ReturnThe return of service is e-filed free with every serve, with the Record of Service attached where the court requires it.
The order form reads the signed order, drafts the message for your approval, and takes payment. Questions first? Reach us at support@encorelegalprocess.com.
Upload it with the citation and petition. Most email service goes out the same business day after approval.
Order electronic service →Upload the order and the documents — approve the message — receive the record.
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