New Oklahoma Process Server Licensing Laws Take Effect

New Oklahoma Process Server Licensing Laws Take Effect

            New Oklahoma process server laws took effect earlier this year.  They affect the waiting period during which a process server license is approved.  Process servers in Oklahoma need to become familiar with this, as the new law has received little, if any, publicity.  In essence, Oklahoma Judicial Process Servers www.OklahomaJudicialProcessServers.com reports that process servers’ licenses in the state of Oklahoma now take thirty days to process.  It is especially important to analyse the ways in which this could affect process servers. 

For new process servers, this means that they have to wait longer before they can serve their first set of papers.  For Oklahoma process servers who already have their licenses, this means that they need to be especially careful.  If they do not prepare to renew their process server licenses at least thirty days before their current licenses expire, they will find themselves stuck in a time gap.  During the time period where their current license has expired and the waiting period for their new one has not yet finished, they will not be able to serve any papers.  Needless to say, this can have a very negative impact on their ability to serve papers and can adversely affect their livelihood!

While these matters certainly seem relatively minor in a field that is only moderately regulated in Oklahoma, they may point toward the possibly continuation of future changes to process serving laws throughout the state.  This could be the beginning of increased regulation of process servers throughout the entire state of Oklahoma.  This could include, but is not limited to, any of the following:

ü  Shorter terms for which process servers’ licenses are valid

ü  Increased fees for process server licenses

ü  Required training classes for process servers

ü  Elimination of process servers as officers of the court

ü  Digitalisation of process server jobs

Right now, the aforementioned items are just possibilities as to what could happen in the future.  However, all process servers throughout the state of Oklahoma should take great care to make themselves well aware of the possibilities and what might come in the future.  Otherwise, an Oklahoma process server could find himself or herself without a job and without ever developing an awareness of the importance of keeping most of the laws the way they currently are.