Process Server Institute

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CAUTION: This is general information about the registration process. Each County Clerk handles the registration process a little differently. You should first check with the particular County Clerk to ascertain how that particular registration process is completed. The registration process can be completed in as little as 20 minutes, with proper planning, or within one or two hours otherwise. Once you have the bond, you may commence the registration process. - Obtain a $2000.00 Process Server Bond from a bonding company. The 2 year bond should cover the term of the registration so you should specify a particular start date as the day you plan to register at the County Clerk's office. A bond can range from $49.00 to $175.00. Contact Process Server Institute for a bond application to send to a bonding company, and specify which county you plan to register in. Registration is statewide, and you need to register in only one county. Once you have the bond, you may commence the registration process. The applicant will sign the bond before a Notary Public. The signed bond should then be copied and delivered to the County Clerk to commence the registration. You may also post $2000.00 instead, but because the bond is like insurance, the County Clerk will not return the $2000.00 until 3 years after the registration terminates. - Fingerprinting must be done using Live Scan. Since 2005 all County Clerks must accept and submit to the California Department of Justice (DOJ) fingerprints done by “Live Scan ”, an electronic fingerprinting procedure that scans the prints and transmits them electronically. They are no longer permitted to submit fingerprint cards to the DOJ, unless they file an exemption with the DOJ. Some counties, however, notably Alameda County, apparently still request fingerprint cards instead. Each county handles this process differently. If fingerprint cards are used, the applicant must have them done on an "FD-258" card. Fees range from free to over $85.00. The DOJ has posted on their web site locations, hours and prices where Live Scan Applicants may have this done. You may find that page here: http://ag.ca.gov/fingerprints/publications/contact.htm . The fingerprints are needed to conduct felony background checks through the State of California Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The “Fingerprint Processing Fee ” for the background check is $51.00 and, in Los Angeles County, that fee is bundled into the total registration fee paid to the County Clerk, currently $232.00. Generally, the registration process is commenced by first checking with the County Clerk to ascertain their requirements. In most counties, the County Clerk will provide the process server applicant with a Request for Live Scan Service form (BCII 8016), upon which an ORI (Originating Agency Identification) Number will be entered. The ORI number is necessary for the Live Scan operator to initiate the process, and the DOJ to complete the process, and identifies the particular agency to which the background check, or felony report must be sent - The particular County Clerk's office where your registrations is filed.

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