Process serving · New Jersey and beyond
You send the papers. The server who has them sends the updates. Every job gets a first attempt within 48 hours, and the affidavit comes back within one business day of service.
Since 2003
Serving papers for law firms, with the tri-state area as home turf.
Attempted within 48 hours
Every job is handled as a rush. No upcharge for that.
Affidavit in one business day
Guaranteed after service is completed. Notary included.
No dispatcher
Status updates go straight to your email from the server.
How PDQ is different
A lot of process-serving outfits are dispatch operations. The job goes to an office, the office hands it to whoever is closest, and when you want an update you end up calling someone who has never seen the address.
PDQ is Pete Cerruto's company, and it has been set up the other way around since 2003. You deal directly with the server handling your job. Questions about an attempt go to the person who made it.
It's also why status updates come straight to your email from the server, instead of through a portal or a front desk reading notes off a screen.
What we do
01
Initial service on individuals and businesses in civil cases, with a notarized affidavit of service when it's done.
02
Witness and records subpoenas. We cover witness fee checks when they're needed and invoice you after, and we domesticate out-of-state subpoenas for service here. More on subpoena service.
03
Motions, orders to show cause, notices, and anything else that has to reach a specific person.
04
When the address on file is no good, advanced skip tracing to find where the person is now. Difficult serves.
05
We'll drive to you, your client or a witness to notarize documents. Pricing on request, since it depends on the distance.
06
Pulling records and filings when you need a copy in hand.
After you send a job
Before anyone gets in the car, we look over the papers and the address. If something is missing or the address looks off, you hear about it now instead of after three wasted trips.
Every document is treated as a rush. After the first attempt, we keep going back at different times of day until the person is served. Attempts are included in the price.
Status updates go directly to your email while the job is open. You shouldn't have to call around to find out whether anyone has been to the house.
Once service is made, the notarized affidavit comes back within one business day. That's a guarantee, and the notary is included.
Where we serve
PDQ is based in Toms River. Most of the work is in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, and the deepest roots are in Ocean, Monmouth, Atlantic, Burlington and Mercer counties.
That's the home turf, not the limit. We serve anywhere in New Jersey and handle jobs elsewhere in the country and overseas. Send the address and we'll tell you how it'll go. More on where we serve.
When it doesn't go smoothly
Some people have moved. Some won't come to the door. Before we call it, there are more tools: advanced skip tracing to find a current address, and stakeouts when someone can only be caught at one place and time.
If service still can't be made, you get an affidavit of due diligence showing every attempt, so you have what you need to take the next step with the court. Current rates are on the pricing page.
From a client
“He gets the job done no matter what time of day or night, no matter what the location, and communicates throughout the entire process… if I ask him to serve a Complaint, it will get done without me having to follow up every day to see how the process is going.”
Adrianne Ferretti, Bremer Bucker, LLC
Questions
Every document is treated as a rush. The first attempt is made within 48 hours of when we receive it. If service has to happen on a specific day or at a specific time, that's a custom rush. See rush service.
As many as it takes. Attempts are included in the price, and we change up the times so we aren't knocking on the same door at the same hour every day.
Status updates go directly to your email from the server handling the job. If something changes, like a bad address or a lead on where the person is, you hear that too.
Within one business day of completed service. That's guaranteed. The affidavit is notarized, and the notary is included in regular service.
Regular service is a flat rate that includes the notary and the affidavit. Custom rushes and stakeouts are priced separately. Current rates are on the pricing page.
Yes. We specialize in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, and we handle serves across the country and internationally. Call with the address and we'll walk you through it.
The documents as PDFs, the name of the person or business, the best address you have, and your deadline. Anything else helps: a description, work hours, a second address. We print the papers here, and the first 50 pages are free.
We run advanced skip traces to find where they are now. Send what you have and we'll start there. See difficult serves.
More on how we work
Personal injury firms · Subpoena service · Rush serves · Difficult serves · How it works · Where we serve · Out-of-state firms
Next step
Email the documents and the address to pdqlegalservices@yahoo.com, or use the contact form. The first attempt happens within 48 hours.
Unlimited attempts and notary included. See pricing.