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SPECIAL NOTICE: Change in the Service of Process FunctionEffective June 1, 2003, the U.S. Department of Justice is delegating the service of process function to a private contractor, Process Forwarding International of Seattle, Washington. The contractor will be handling requests under the multilateral Hague and Inter-American Service Conventions, and requests from countries not party to either treaty. This procedural change does not imply the formal designation of a new central authority for either the Hague Service Convention or the Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory and Additional Protocol, but simply reflects the outsourcing of certain activities conducted by the central authority, which formally remains in the U.S. Department of Justice. Contact: Process Forwarding International, 910 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA98104 USA, telephone: (206) 521-2979; fax: 206-224- 3410; e-mail: info@hagueservice.net; website: http://www.hagueservice.net. Process Forwarding International will be the only private process server company authorized to act on behalf of the United States under the Hague Service Convention and Inter-American Convention to receive requests for service, proceed to serve the documents, and complete the certificate of service. For the Inter-American Convention, Process Forwarding International will also have the exclusive authority to act on behalf of the United States in transmitting outgoing requests for service of process abroad. The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs materials about the Hague and Inter-American Service Conventions, and country-specific flyers are being updated accordingly.
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