Arizona Association of Certified Process Servers is committed to informing the public about the certified process server in Arizona and service of process. This page is dedicated to the public, for whom certified process servers perform vital services across the State of Arizona.
 

"PROCESS" IS DEFINED AS A LEGAL DOCUMENT.
 
A CERTIFIED PROCESS SERVER IN ARIZONA IS AN OFFICER OF THE SUPERIOR COURT IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTY OF RESIDENCE.
 
A CERTIFIED PROCESS SERVER IN ARIZONA IS CERTIFIED IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THEY CURRENTLY RESIDE.
 
A CERTIFIED PROCESS SERVER IN ARIZONA MAY SERVE PROCESS STATEWIDE, EXCEPT ON AN INDIAN RESERVATION.
 
IMPEDING A CERTIFIED PROCESS SERVER IN ARIZONA CAN CONSTITUTE INTERFERENCE WITH JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS (A.R.S. 13-2810) AND CONTEMPT OF COURT (A.R.S. 13-3802), BOTH OF WHICH ARE MISDEMEANORS.
 
A CERTIFIED PROCESS SERVER IN ARIZONA UNDERGOES A FEDERAL AND STATE CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND PRIOR TO CERTIFICATION.
 
A CERTIFIED PROCESS SERVER IN ARIZONA MUST PASS AN EXAMINATION PRIOR TO CERTIFICATION.
 
A CERTIFIED PROCESS SERVER IN ARIZONA MUST COMPLETE TEN HOURS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION EACH TWELVE MONTHS OF CERTIFICATION.
 
A CERTIFIED PROCESS SERVER IN ARIZONA IS A NEUTRAL PARTY, HAVING NO INTEREST IN OR CONNECTION TO THE PROCESS BEING SERVED.
 
A CERTIFIED PROCESS SERVER IN ARIZONA CAN NEVER "GUARANTEE" WHEN AND IF THE SOUGHT AFTER PARTY WILL BE SERVED BECAUSE OF THE MANY VARIABLES THAT ARE INHERENT IN THE FIELD.
 
A CERTIFIED PROCESS SERVER IN ARIZONA MUST SHOW THEIR IDENTIFICATION TO ANY PARTY WHO REQUESTS TO SEE IT.
 
A CERTIFIED PROCESS SERVER IN ARIZONA IS DESIGNATED AN OFFICER OF THE SUPERIOR COURT BY STATUTE, A.R.S. § 11-445.
 
A CERTIFIED PROCESS SERVER IN ARIZONA IS REGULATED BY AND THROUGH THE SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA.