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Judicial commission backs recommended process-server exam, fee and ethics changes
Summary
The Judicial Branch Certification Commission voted to recommend amendments to process-server rules including a new statewide exam (recommended 75% pass), an exam fee of $125, expanded ethics requirements (record retention, prohibitions on police-like apparel) and an updated sanctions matrix; the changes will be published for public comment and sent to the Supreme Court for promulgation.
The Judicial Branch Certification Commission voted to recommend a package of changes to process-server regulation, including a statewide examination requirement, a $125 per-test fee and substantive revisions to the code of ethics and the sanctions matrix.
Commission staff presented the draft amendments and said they are intended to strengthen regulatory oversight of process servers and to bring consistency with other professional licensing rules. "We are recommending that they are required to pass at a score of 75 or higher on that examination," staff said while describing the exam timeline and implementation plan. Staff also told commissioners the exam would be administered remotely and the commission would publish the proposed rules for public comment before filing them with the…
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