The Pre-certification Training Class and Annual Conference scheduled for February 18 and 19 will be held at:
Holiday Inn Capitol Conference Center
450 Capitol Avenue S.W.
Atlanta, GA 30312
404-591-2052 (office)
www.hiatlanta.com
We have tentatively scheduled House Judiciary Chairman Wendell Willard as a guest speaker to speak about the future of the Certification Program, including legislative and court efforts to improve the program. For additional information, including negotiated room rates for those who will be spending Saturday night in Atlanta, please contact Vice-president Jayne Rauser by e-mail at:
contactus@diversifiedlegal.com
Paul K. Tamaroff, President
We are sorry to have to report that we have been unable to convince Chief Judge Scott to delay implementing the requirement for certification as a prerequisite for permanent appointment by the Court. DeKalb County Bar Association President Elect Denise Van LanDuyt is also attempting to convince the Court to immediately make permanent appointments. However, we believe it is unlikely that Judge Scott will be persuaded to change his position. It therefore behooves all who intend to serve process issued by DeKalb Superior to sign up for the next pre-certification training scheduled for the weekend of February 18. The Administrative Office of the Courts is optimistic that certification testing will be available by the end of February.
Paul K. Tamaroff, President
Chief Judge Scott insists there will be no permanent appointments until one is certified. As already posted, the next training class is the weekend of February 18 and 19, in conjunction with GAPPS annual conference. We believe the test will be available for administration at that time. However, we do not know when it will be administered, or by whom. We will work with the Administrative Office of the Courts to try and get testing scheduled as soon as possible after the training. Again, for those who wish to attend the training, contact Vice-president Rauser at:
contactus@diversifiedlegal.com
Paul K. Tamaroff, President
Chief Judge Scott had determined that permanent appointments for 2012 will be issued only to those who have been certified pursuant to O.C.G.A.§9-11-4.1. We have explained to Judge Scott that no server can comply with this requirement since the testing for the training program has not yet been validated. We have proposed a compromise by which the 2011 orders would be extended for 90 days, by which time we believe the testing will have been validated and certification will be available. We will keep you informed as to further developments regarding this issue.
Paul K. Tamaroff, President
The GAPPS Annual Meeting and Conference will be the weekend of February 18 and 19, 2012. The 12-hours of Continuing Education required for Certification pursuant to O.C.G.A.§9-11-4.1 and the rules issued by the Judicial Council of Georgia will be offered during the conference. A complete schedule of the conference will be forthcoming.
The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), has contracted with a company that provides verification of the certification test questions. Verification has been progressing smoothly, and we believe testing will be available by the time of the conference. For those who wish to apply to attend the certification training, including those who have completed the training but want to receive refresher training before taking the test, please contact Vice-president Jayne Rauser after January 3, 2012. Jayne’s e-mail is:
contactus@diversifiedlegal.com
Paul K. Tamaroff, President
The revised application for appointment by Fulton Superior Court is now on line at their website at:
www.fultoncourt.org/sca200807/
You will also note that there is no longer a requirement for a birth certificate or surety.
Paul K Tamaroff, President
After our efforts at finding companies that will offer surety bonds, we have been notified today by Fulton County Superior Court that they just decided that no surety bond will be required for your application for permanent appointment.
Paul K Tamaroff, President
Another surety company you may want to contact regarding obtaining the surety bond for Fulton County Superior Court is:
C. Poindexter
POINDEXTER GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE
(919) 859-5294 or (800) 373-2804 U.S./Canada/México
(787)774-7614 Puerto Rico
(829) 249-7048 República Domincana
http://www.poindexter-associates.com
5 W. Hargett Street, 4th Floor
Raleigh, NC 27601
SE HABLA ESPAÑOL
Paul K Tamaroff, President
For those searching for an agent to provide the surety bond required by Fulton County, we suggest you contact Ric Frost, an agent with Nationwide. His company is apparently offering the $25,000 surety bond for an amount in the neighborhood of $100/year. You can reach him at 770-951-2703. He will then provide you with an application that is reasonably easy to fill out.
Paul K Tamaroff, President
To all prospective and enrolled students for the 11/12-11/13 GAPPS pre- certification training class:
We have had several inquiries concerning the testing aspect of the certification program and what happens after the class. GAPPS has recently learned from the AOC (Administrative Office of the Courts > the governing body for the Certified Process Server Program) that the testing procedure has NOT been established. The program and test questions have to be “validated” by an outside source before the AOC can offer the test.
With that said, since it could be several months before testing is ready to go, we wanted everyone to have the option of waiting to participate in this class, and attend one at a date closer to when you can complete the certification program requirements (testing, etc). We will have several classes in 2012 – dated TBD.
We are still holding our class in November and have had quite a bit of interest in the education portion or the program. What GAPPS would like to offer to anyone coming in November is an opportunity to take a “refresher course” – at no charge – when we learn that the testing is ready to go. You certainly wouldn’t have to take 12 hours again, but if you wanted to sit in on the statute portion for instance, you would have this opportunity.
We have changed venues from the Central Library to a hotel conference room. It is more conducive to the time we will need for set-up, registration, breaks, lunch, etc. The facility we will be using is:
Holiday Inn Capitol Conference Center
450 Capitol Avenue S.W. | Atlanta, GA 30312
404.591.2052 (office) | www.hiatlanta.com
The hotel offers a buffet lunch for $11 – which will come in handy as we have limited time for lunch.
At this time we need to find out who is attending the November 12-13 class, so we can solidify room size, etc.
Those that have registered and paid will be receiving some other details about the class soon.
Please reply to Jayne Rauser at contactus@diversifiedlegal.com and let us know of your intent to attend or withdraw by Monday 10/31/11.
Thanks,
Jayne Rauser
GAPPS Training Coordinator
contactus@diversifiedlegal.com
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