Service of Process in Texas

Service of process is how a lawsuit officially reaches your business. Texas law requires that delivery to go to your registered agent at the registered office on file with the Secretary of State — not to your home, your office manager, or whoever happens to answer the phone.

What Qualifies as Service of Process

• Citations and petitions — the documents that open a civil lawsuit in Texas
• Subpoenas — demands to produce records or testify
• Writs and garnishments — court orders attached to a judgment or debt
• Other filings a Texas court requires to be formally served on an entity

Routine mail, sales pitches, and vendor bills are not service of process, even if a process server-looking envelope shows up.

Why the Registered Agent Handles This

Under the Texas Business Organizations Code, every LLC, corporation, and foreign-qualified entity must keep a registered agent with a physical Texas address specifically so courts and process servers have a dependable place to deliver papers. If that agent isn't in place or isn't reachable, a Texas court can allow the plaintiff to serve you a different way — which means you could be sued and not find out until a default judgment already exists.

What We Do When It Arrives

1. A process server, sheriff's deputy, or courier delivers the citation to our Texas address during business hours.
2. We scan it the same business day it's received.
3. Your portal gets the scan and you get an email the moment it's posted.
4. You have the document in hand with time left to find counsel and respond before the court's deadline.

We're not your attorney and we don't weigh in on the case itself — our job is making sure you see the papers fast, not sitting on them.

Not the Same as Mail Forwarding

Accepting service of process is a distinct function from general mail handling. We're not running a mailbox service — the Texas address exists to give courts a valid delivery point, and what arrives there gets scanned and pushed to your portal digitally. Beyond your first three government mail pieces scanned free each year, additional scans or physical shipping are billed per piece; we don't promise free physical delivery of anything.

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Curious what else the role covers? Read what a Texas registered agent does or browse the FAQ.