The ground
Process Servers work in San Jose
San Jose is the largest city in the Bay Area and the seat of Santa Clara County, so the courthouse traffic on North First Street and the surrounding legal district keeps a steady stream of service work moving through the city. The firms competing for it range from small owner operators working out of a home office to established agencies with a bench of registered servers. Paid search in this trade is modest compared with consumer services, because the people searching are attorneys, paralegals and legal support staff who know what they want and search by service and by city. Franchises have a presence, but the market is still largely independent operators who win work on local visibility and reputation. The demand is there, spread across family law, small claims, unlawful detainer and civil filings that originate in the county courts.
