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Serving documents
The Civil Process Unit accepts legal documents for service, such as notices of small claim, petitions for dissolution, summons, complaints and more. The number of attempts made is determined by how much time we have to serve and our ability to locate the person(s) you wish to have served. Our office typically does not serve in the evenings or on weekends and we require payment of our fees in advance.
Please be advised that it could take several weeks until we are able to make the first attempt at service.
Information needed to serve
To more effectively assist you, we will need to know information about the person(s) to be served. Information needed includes addresses, physical description, phone numbers, dates of birth (if known), hazard information, and service deadlines and requirements. You may use the Service Contact Information Sheet; (link to file needed) to provide us with this information. It is your responsibility to provide this information to our office. We are unable to attempt service without a valid, physical address; we cannot serve papers at a P.O. Box. It is important to note that we do not guarantee service.
Acceptable payment methods
- Cash
- Check or Money order
- Check or money order should be made payable to "King County Sheriff." No 2nd party checks are accepted
- ACH (eChecks) and Debit/Credit cards will be accepted ONLY at the King County Courthouse (516 Third Ave, Seattle) Location
- Fee for ACH (eCheck) payments - flat fee $1.00 per eCheck processed
- Fee for Credit/Debit cards - 2.35% of the total due, with a minimum fee charge of $2.00