Process Server Certification

Before starting your online renewal application, you must review the "Watch How to Apply for Renewal-Slideshow" on the home page of our website, for step-by-step instructions on the online renewal process (including how to upload CE).

To renew your certification, you must do the following in the order listed below:

1. Continuing education requirement. Obtain 8 hours of JBCC approved continuing education, inclusive of 2 hours in ethics, during your 2-year certification period. Up to 4 hours of excess eligible CE can be carried forward towards your renewal period. Ethics CE cannot be carried forward.
2. Submit the Application for Renewal of Certification and pay the renewal fee. You must apply for renewal via our online licensing and certification system. For the link to access the online system, instructions on how to apply online, and how to report CE with your renewal.
   • Please see the Fees section of this page for information on amounts due, acceptable forms of payment, etc. The appropriate renewal fee must accompany the application to be certified to serve civil process for a two-year period and any timely application.
     • When paying the application fee on the Credit Card page of the application, the payment portal vendor requires you to enter the billing address on file with the credit card company of the cardholder.
3. Upload copies of CE documentation to your online application for renewal. The following information must be included on your certificates of completion:
   1. The JBCC assigned program number.
   2. The name of the course provider.
   3. The title of the course.
   4. The date you completed the course.
   5. The number of hours you completed.
   6. The list of sessions you completed.
   7. The signature of the course provider.
4. Pass a criminal history background check with DPS and the FBI. 
   • Staff will email the required form needed to schedule their fingerprinting appointment to applicants who have not yet been fingerprinted for the JBCC, after we’ve received their applications.
   • If you've already been fingerprinted for the JBCC's Process Server Certification Department, you are not required to be fingerprinted again.

Please refer to the Certification & Renewal section of our Frequently Asked Questions page for additional information on the CE requirement.

Fees

All fees are non-refundable. However, if you have a fee dispute you must submit it to processservers@txcourts.gov for resolution.

Acceptable forms of payment: Credit Card or Debit Card