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In many states, the local police department can serve your spouse with divorce papers. They will charge a less expensive fee than a process server, but will only make a certain number of attempts. If the police are unable to serve your spouse, you will need to hire a process server.

You need not always serve papers face to face, consider these resources if you want another option. http://www.womansdivorce.com/how-to-serve-divorce-papers.html

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