Order a process server for Canton Township, Stark County, and the papers can be summonses and complaints, subpoenas, eviction notices or other court documents. Pick Standard Service, Rush Service or 24-Hour Service when ordering online, and look for a signed proof of service in your email after a successful delivery.
What a Process Server Costs in Canton Township
Standard Service is $185 and starts with a first attempt within 5 business days. Rush Service is $225 and starts with a first attempt within 48 hours. The $265 24-Hour Service aims for a first attempt within 24 hours, but the rates page does not promise it and neither does this page: submission time and server availability in the area decide. When delivery fails, you can buy additional attempts at $25 per attempt. The rates page has the details.
Stark County Sheriff, Bailiff or Private Server?
The clerk will normally send a summons by certified mail. Only when the plaintiff asks in writing for personal or residence service do the sheriff, a municipal-court bailiff or a court-designated server get involved.
Who May Serve Papers in Stark County: Clerk Mail, Sheriff, Bailiff or Court-Designated Server
A short tour of Civil Rule 4.1. The default is clerk service by mail, and the return receipt shows who signed. A plaintiff who wants personal service (delivery to the defendant) or residence service (delivery to a suitable resident at the usual home) must ask the clerk in writing. The clerk then turns to the sheriff, to a municipal bailiff, or to someone the court designates for up to a year, who has sworn to be at least 18, to have no interest in the case and to be free of recent felony and dishonesty convictions. Nothing delivered after 28 days? The server returns it with reasons.
Canton Township Courts and the Stark County Courthouse
The Stark County Courthouse sits at 101 West Tuscarawas Street, Canton, OH 44702, only about 3.1 miles from Canton Township, and houses the Court of Common Pleas. Township residents have trustees rather than a municipal court of their own, and the unincorporated area is separate from Canton itself. Smaller civil, small claims and eviction cases are heard in a municipal or county court, which the filing clerk can identify for a given address. Municipal courts generally hear claims up to $15,000, small claims up to $6,000.
Eviction Notices and Forcible Entry and Detainer Papers in Canton Township
What comes first
Landlords give written notice to leave at least three days before filing, by certified mail, by hand, or by leaving it at the home or premises. Required content for residential notices is explained in the eviction guide.
What comes next
A summons in the filed case must be served at least seven days before trial. Confirm the delivery method with the clerk of the court where the case sits.
Subpoenas, Hospital Records and Out-of-State Subpoenas near Canton Township
Civil Rule 45(B) lets sheriffs, bailiffs, coroners, clerks, constables, deputies, attorneys and court-designated persons serve a subpoena. It can be delivered, read aloud, left at the usual residence or mailed with return receipt, together with the fees allowed by law. Then comes the return to the clerk. Recipients asked only for documents may serve written objections within 14 days.
Nearby hospitals in the listing: Aultman Hospital, 2600 Sixth Street Sw, Canton, (330) 363-9911, 3.7 miles; Mercy Medical Center, 1320 Mercy Drive Nw, Canton, (330) 489-1111, 4.4 miles; Alliance Community Hospital, 200 East State Street, Alliance, (330) 596-6000, 16.7 miles. No police department is listed for the township, so the county sheriff is the local law-enforcement contact. Read the subpoena guide, and for a witness in another state, the UIDDA guide.
ZIP Codes and Neighboring Communities Around Canton Township
ZIP codes 44706, 44707 and 44730 apply. Neighbors listed: Canton, Pike Township, Osnaburg Township, Perry Township, Sandy Township and Plain Township. The Stark County page has more.
Canton Township Process Server FAQ
Who can personally serve a summons in Ohio?
The sheriff, a municipal-court bailiff, or a person designated by court order under Rule 4.1.
What does a landlord have to hand over before filing an eviction?
A notice to leave under R.C. 1923.04, delivered three days or more before filing.
How do I serve a township?
Civil Rule 4.2 names a trustee, the township clerk or the county prosecutor.