Editing Service of process (section)

===Jurisdiction===
It is universal that the laws of service of process must follow the laws that apply to the court that issues the process. A bias or confusion occurs in many jurisdictions where service is made. In Florida, for example, process servers seem to suggest Florida laws apply to all service of process made within the territory of Florida.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0000-0099/0048/0048.html |title=Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine |publisher=Leg.state.fl.us |date=1990-07-01 |access-date=2012-09-03}}</ref> In this reference, section 48.195 implies an authority of Florida process servers to serve foreign process. This was added to allow sheriffs to serve foreign process within limitations as the section provides, but it does not, and cannot give exclusivity, to ''state-sanctioned licensed approved process servers to foreign process''. This interpretation, however prevalent and beneficial to Florida process servers, is false.

Florida governs only those processes that are issued from ''Florida courts''. An example would be a Wisconsin court process to be served upon a person in Florida. Wisconsin statutes would dictate the service requirements to the Florida participant. Simply, a person must be uninterested, a resident of Florida, and over the age of 18. This is not a popular position as many process servers who have a local Florida license prefer, for reasons of economics, to be considered the only legitimate process server for such a cause.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.legis.wi.gov/statutes/statutes/801/10/1 |title=Wisconsin Legislature: 801.10(1) |publisher=Docs.legis.wi.gov |access-date=2012-09-03}}</ref> This Wisconsin example is in the majority for all states in the US regarding out of state service in their jurisdiction. There are however a small number of states, such as Arizona, that permit a person of one state (e.g. Arizona) to serve another person in another state (e.g. Florida).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://government.westlaw.com/linkedslice/default.asp?SP=AZR-1000 |title=Arizona Court Rules |publisher=Government.westlaw.com |date=2010-05-15 |access-date=2012-09-03}} Arizona Court Rules Rule "4.2(b). Direct Service Service of process may be made outside the state but within the United States in the same manner provided in Rule 4.1(d)-(l) of these Rules by a person authorized to serve process under the law of the state where such service is made. This Arizona rule acknowledges other states to determine an authorized process server of their service of process."]</ref> The aforementioned Arizona rule is an exception to the majority of other states that require a process server to be 18 and over and an uninvolved party to serve its process in another state. Arizona law has never been challenged on the grounds of sovereignty as Arizona's statutes appear to give its courts legislative and judicial authority for its people to serve a person in a foreign state.

In states where Indian reservations are located, the state generally has no legal jurisdiction over Indian territory – recognized tribes enjoy legal status as a sovereign nation. Thus a process server certified under the authority of the state (i.e. Arizona) cannot serve a party to a case while that person is on the reservation unless the tribal council consents to permit service.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}