December 12, 2006
LETTER TO ALL PROCESS SERVERS
Attn: Process Servers
For 19 years, I have been doing what I can actively to protect the interests of our industry. I
have testified in hearings over the last eight Legislative Sessions to help prevent our
industry from being over-regulated by legislation that would increase our annual operating
costs, mandate unnecessary educational requirements, invoke restrictive policies, and
create new crimes specific to our industry. I have met with the Supreme Court Advisory
Committee and with Supreme Court Justices to make positive recommendations for our
industry.
Ours is an industry that is dominated by "mom and pop" businesses and sole proprietors.
We all work very hard, and have little time for additional activities such as lobbying the
Legislature and meeting with Supreme Court Committees and Justices. It is hard enough to
take the time just to write a letter. The leadership of the Texas Process Servers Association
knows this; and for several years they have taken advantage of this limitation within our
industry.
The TPSA leadership has been my primary opponent at the State Legislature; using the
strength of their membership numbers to suggest "the industry" supports their position on
licensing and regulation, crimes, fines, penalties and educational mandates for process
servers. Fortunately, the Legislature has always deemed their position to be unwise,
unnecessary and just bad legislation.
Another battle is brewing for increased regulation of our industry (which also means
increased costs). The Process Server Review Board will also be seeking increased
authority to regulate and oversee our industry. The PSRB has already proven itself to be
untrustworthy and willing to work outside of its prescribed authority.
To combat this small "special interest group" of process servers, and to provide an online
source of information and education, an alternative State Association was created nearly
two years ago; The Certified Civil Process Servers Association of Texas (CCPSAT).
Membership in the CCPSAT is absolutely free; both to process servers (whether or not they
have been certified by the Texas Supreme Court), as well as to their client attorneys. Its
membership is rapidly growing and threatens to overtake the membership of the TPSA very
soon.
I am encouraging every single process server who wants to insure the greatest amount of
freedom for his or her business to join the CCPSAT at their earliest convenience. Just go
online to www.ccpsat.org and click on "Become a Member." Please encourage every server
and staff member of your company to join.
Thank you for helping to protect our industry.
Sincerely,
Dana L.l McMichael
Owner, Assured Civil Process Agency
assuredcivilprocessagency@yahoo.com
Member, National Association of Professional Process Servers
Director, The Certified Civil Process Servers Association of Texas
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