Official Date: 10/9/1996 * Last Revision Effective: 4/21/2015
Policy Contact: Vice President, Human Resources
Purpose
Under state law, process servers seeking to serve an individual must generally personally serve a copy of the summons and complaint on that individual. This means that a process server must actually deliver a copy of the summons and complaint using the following procedures.
Procedures
To protect the interests of Bellevue College employees, all process servers (those attempting to deliver summonses, subpoenas, etc.) should be directed to human resources. Human resources will arrange a time and place for the individual being served to receive the legal documents in such a way as to minimize embarrassment and preserve confidentiality. If a Bellevue College employee unwittingly accepts documents concerned with service of process (for example, if the process server does not identify himself/herself as such, or if the documents are in an unmarked envelope), that employee should take them to human resources as soon as possible after discovering their nature.
Relevant Laws and Other Resources
Revision History
Original 10/9/1996
Revisions 5/10/2005; 5/21/2009; 4/21/2015
Approved By
President’s Cabinet
Last Updated April 21, 2015