Process serving prices.
Clear before work begins.
Choose your service and location. See your rate before work begins.
Check your location & price.
Check service availability and address-based pricing. Due-date tiers do not guarantee attempt or completion timing.
ZIP checks stay on this site. Street addresses are sent to the U.S. Census Geocoder to estimate urban or rural location. Final address classification is checked in the portal before payment.
Postal data: GeoNames. Address estimate: U.S. Census Bureau.
Per recipient / address · Up to 4 attempts
The requested due date selects the pricing tier in Pacific time; it is not a first-attempt guarantee. Rates are in USD per recipient / address. The second and each additional recipient at the same address is half price. Requested advances and check handling are itemized with the service payment. Rush and Same-Day requests can proceed to checkout when the request is ready.
Need scheduled on-site time? Request StakeoutAdditional services.
Itemized from the start.
Add support to eligible process-serving and court assignments. Enter quantities in the location checker to see a breakdown. Standalone translation, print-and-mail and business services receive separate quotes.
- Stakeout for service
- $80 / hour
Rush +$100 · Same-day +$150. Choose Stakeout as its own service and enter the on-site hours.
- Additional recipient, same address
- 50% of the service rate
The first recipient is full price. Each additional recipient at that same address is half price.
- Skip trace
- $80 / recipient
For process-serving assignments, charged per recipient researched.
- Advance fees & check handling
- Requested advance + $15 per check
Enter the funds needed for witness, court or government fees and the number of checks. Both are collected with the service payment.
- Printing
- $0.25 / additional page
Pages are counted automatically from uploaded documents in the portal. First 50 pages included; only additional pages are charged.
Pricing examples
How the total adds up.
A few examples of routine process serving at one address, with different recipient counts and requested extras.
| Example | Regular | Remote / rural |
|---|---|---|
| One recipient, one addressRoutine service with no add-ons. | $100 | $150 |
| Two recipients, the same addressFirst recipient at the full rate; the second at 50% of that rate. | $150 | $225 |
| One recipient with 10 extra print pages60 pages total: 50 included + 10 × $0.25 = $2.50 for printing. | $102.50 | $152.50 |
| One recipient with a requested skip traceRoutine service + $80 to research one recipient. | $180 | $230 |
Illustrative calculations, not customer invoices. Each row is a separate example and includes only the items listed. Affid confirms address classification; requested timing does not guarantee successful service.
Court, witness and other third-party fees are separate. Requested fee advances carry $15 per check. See all additional fees.
What goes into
your quote.
- The assignment
- The type of service, document packet, recipients and handling instructions.
- The destination
- Regular and remote / rural locations have different rates. Census boundaries provide an initial address estimate.
- The timing
- Your requested due date selects Routine, Rush or Same-Day using calendar days in America/Los_Angeles.
- Third-party costs
- Requested subpoena, witness, court or government fee advances are collected with service payment, plus $15 per check.
Common questions
Before you start your request.
Are court fees included?
Process serving and court or document support use published location and due-date rates. Court, witness and other third-party fees are separate from that service rate. Any requested advance is collected with service payment, plus $15 for each check.
Do all service levels include four attempts?
Routine, Rush and Same-Day process serving each include up to four attempts. Work ends when service is completed. The tier follows the requested due date; it does not mean four attempts on the same day.
How is a remote or rural location identified?
A full street address is matched using the U.S. Census Geocoder. An address inside a Census urban area receives the regular estimate; one outside receives the rural / remote estimate. ZIP-only checks show both rates. Affid confirms the classification before the assignment.
Does a rush request guarantee service?
Rush and Same-Day use the published rate for your requested due date. Eligible requests can proceed to checkout without a separate quote just because they are urgent. The pricing tier does not guarantee successful service; another review requirement can still affect the next step.