Why do sometimes people have to wear disguises to serve court papers in person whereas most other important documents are just emailed or mailed

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Why do sometimes people have to wear disguises to serve court papers in person whereas most other important documents are just emailed or mailed

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Answer 1

The documents have to be served in person, and the correct person, so there is an undeniable/unrevokable paper trail that the document was given to and received by the intended recipient. It’s the only fair way to do it. Otherwise people can claim that it was sent when it wasn’t, or it wasn’t received when it was.

The disguise part is when the intended recipient is avoiding receiving it to delay whatever the paper is for. And I think that only happens in the movies. Like the person orders a person and “I have a pizza for Jane Doe, is that you?” “Yes”, “OK, here’s the pizza, and also divorce papers. Good day!”