Becoming a Special Process Server in Monroe County

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Have no mental or legal disability.
• Fill out a Special Process Server Appointment Agreement 
• Fill out an application form   and submit the non-refundable sum of $100 made out directly to Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
• Submit to and pay for an FDLE background check online (www.fdle.state.fl.us) and showing there are no records of any felony convictions, nor a records of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or dishonesty, with respect to the applicant within the past 5 years and give results to Civil.
• Complete a yearly 1 day training session with Avalon Legal Information Services, Inc. and get a passing grade of 80% or better. Call 386-760-6520 for fees and class times.
• Obtain a bond in the amount of $5000 with a surety company authorized to do business in this state for the benefit of any person wrongfully injured by any malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, or incompetence of the application in connection with his or her duties as a process server. This is to protect the Sheriffs’ Office, not the process server themselves.
• Once all requirements have been met and accepted, the applicant will be notified of their appointment and will be supplied with their Special Process Servers ID card.

The Civil Division is under Brittany Brown, the Civil Process Supervisor.
Civil Process Supervisor
Email: bbrown@keysso.net
Phone: 305-809-3041
Fax: 305-292-7123