What is a process server? A process server's principal job is to deliver or “serve” legal documents to a defendant or person involved in a court case, but they also provide a variety of other services such as filing court papers and document retrieval.

What happens if you don't answer the door to a process server?

If a Defendant Does Not Answer the Door

A process server cannot compel a defendant to answer the door. ... However, a process server can still not force someone to open the door. He or she will have to come back on another date if the defendant refuses to open the door.

Can you deny who you are to a process server?

Can Someone Refuse to Be Served Papers? No, in California a person cannot refuse to accept service. If we can identify a person on whom legal service can be made either personally or by sub-service and they refuse to “accept” the documents, we can absolutely still serve them.