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The Suffolk County Sheriff's Department Civil Process Division is located across from the Edward Brooke courthouse in the North Station area of Boston on Merrimac Street. This location near the courthouse assists the legal and business community by allowing attorneys and pro ses
to conduct their business efficiently and conveniently in Suffolk County.

The mission of the Division is to assist attorneys and pro se litigants by first processing and then delivering or "serving" the legal documents necessary for civil courts to conduct their business. The Division performs legal service of court documents by delivering them to defendants and others, thereby commencing lawsuits, summonsing witnesses, giving notice of protective orders. Additionally, after the courts make judgments, the civil process staff help enforce these judgments by seizing property, garnishing wages and performing Sheriff's sales.

The daily work of the Civil Process Division is wide-ranging and often fast-paced. Deputies also spend a majority of their day in the community serving notices for many different types of clients. Clients range from large and small law firms, businesses and individual citizens, most want to know when service has been made so that deadlines have been met or that they are protected by a court order.

Civil Process continues to stress improved communication through the relaying of important information in a timely and efficient manner to our customers, attorneys and pro se litigants.

The entire civil justice system has benefited by the improved efforts of Suffolk County Deputies to relay accurate and timely information to customers. Our efforts have greatly enhanced the efficiency of civil litigation here in Massachusetts and across the country.

For more information on the Civil Process Division please contact:

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