<![CDATA[Constables Office Of Massachusetts - BLOG]]>Fri, 10 May 2024 17:35:37 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[Who should I hire: Constable or sheriff?]]>Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:31:32 GMThttp://constablesoffice.com/blog/who-should-i-hire-constable-or-sheriffWhen you need to have legal papers served, the choice between a Constable and sheriff can be a difficult one. To help you decide, you need to base your decision on speed of service, customer service, Knowledge, success rate and average cost. Working with our office has a great advantage over the civil process units of the Sheriffs department.  First, we are able to adapt to your needs and expectations, you are a key element to our success and not just a customer number.  Second, we offer monthly billing for our clients, we provide advance fees when applicable, allowing you to focus on your client and the case in general and not the minor details such as setting up the service of process.  We utilize state of the art technology for locating witnesses and verifying addresses, dispatching for service and a computer generated return of service that can be affixed to the original documents.            
Did you know?
 That 90% of the time our constables are faster with service than the 
 Sheriffs Dept! 
 Our office has a 94% success rate where the Sheriffs Office has about a 74%    success rate!

Contact our office today to discuss your needs.  We guarantee our service will meet or exceed your expectations!  Info@Constablesoffice.com]]>
<![CDATA[emergency motion to stay an eviction]]>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:05:39 GMThttp://constablesoffice.com/blog/emergency-motion-to-stay-an-evictionWorking with a property management company from the start of an eviction has its advantages.  We learn to know the case and the people involved from the beginning.  Recently I was contacted by a property manager that was in the process of evicting a tenant for failing to pay rent.  This case has frustrated the property management company as well as the owner of the property, due to how difficult the tenant was being with them.  The made several offers to assist the tenant with relocation and every attempt went ignored.  We began the process by serving a 14 day notice to quit upon the tenant and the tenant failed to respond or pay the past due rent.  This forced the homeowner to file summary process with the local court.  After giving proper service the tenant failed to appear in court on the scheduled date.  The home owner received judgment as well as an execution for posession.  Our office immediately posted a 48 hour notice to vacate at which time the tenant rushed into court to ask the court for an emergency stay from being evicted.  By working with the property management company we were ready for this and had proper documentation to provide to the court.  This morning the court heard the emergency hearing and found through credible evidence that the emergency stay was denied and that the physical eviction was to be carried out.  THIS IS A HUGE WIN FOR THE LANDLORD! he is able to remove a tenant and regain possession of the property and clean it up to get a new tenant to occupy without further losing rental income or the hassle of a difficult tenant.  ]]>