Policy Text
DEFINITIONS:
AOA - Assist Other Agency.
CIVIL PROCESS - Those writs, summonses, mandates or other process issuing from a
court of law or equity pertaining to a cause of action of a civil nature and directed to the
Department.
EXECUTION - The performance of an act required by the writ, warrant or other process
commanding the seizure of a person or thing, as opposed to mere delivery of an
instrument without any accompanying seizure.
LEGAL PROCESS - Any item of civil or criminal process, whether original, intermediate
or final that is valid on its face and is to be served or executed by a law enforcement
agency.
SERVICE - The delivery of any item of civil process that is complete with the act of
delivery and does not require physical or legal seizure of a person or thing.
PROCEDURE: