VEHICLE OWNER:
Please take note that it is your responsibility to make sure a copy of this packet (which includes
the Notice of Hearing and the related Unlawful Tow Complaint) is served on the Defendants.
Otherwise, the Defendants will not know to come to the hearing! The hearing cannot go forward
unless the judge knows the Defendants were served. You will not serve it, but you must ask the
Constable, Sheriff, or private process server to serve it. Follow these steps below to make sure
that service is proper:
1. Get a copy of the file-stamped packet with the hearing dates filled out by the clerk on
page 3, the Notice of Hearing. Make 2 copies of the packet.
2. As soon as possible, take your 3 copies and go to the Constable or Sheriff in your town
and ask them to serve it. You can also request a licensed process server to serve.
a. You will have to give the server the names and addresses of the Defendants.
b. Make sure you tell the Constable/Sheriff/process server that it must be served
before your hearing date.
3. After it is served, the Constable/Sheriff/ process server will fill out an Affidavit of
Service.
a. If your case is in Las Vegas Justice Court, the Las Vegas Constable/Sheriff will
file that Affidavit of Service for you.
b. If your case is not in Las Vegas, make sure you ask your server if they will file
the Affidavit of Service for you, or you will have to figure out how to get the
Affidavit of Service back from the server so you can file it yourself before the
hearing.
4. Before your hearing, check your case online (www.civillawselfhelpcenter.org/courts-and-
case-lookup/look-up-my-case) or by calling the justice court where you filed to make
sure the Affidavit of Service has been properly filed. If service has not been done—
maybe because there hasn’t been enough time to serve, you will have to go to Court on
your hearing day and ask for a continuance so the Defendants can be served before that
continued date.