Is it a crime to hide from being served papers in civil case?

I have been trying to sue someone for 4 years now but they have fallen off the face of the earth. I hired 3 private detectives, paid to get their private Myspace information which used a fake city, their IP address uses a proxy, and even filed an order to get their bank info through a court levy on some debt. Their bank was set up with a mail forwarding service.Is it a crime to hide from being served papers in civil case?
No, it is not a crime to dodge having papers served, but after a reasonable attempt to serve with adequate paperwork verifying the debt you should be able to get a default judgment.





Lots of luck collecting that though.Is it a crime to hide from being served papers in civil case?
No, its not a crime to hide from process servers. I used to serve process and I must say, your guy is pretty good at dodging servers. some were more difficult than others, but in the end, I always got em. If you hired 3 PI's and they cannot do it, well, thats pretty bad on their end, or exceptional on the individual you are trying to sue.





You see, as you know, you cannot sue them until you serve them. he probably knows that too. But let me give you a little hint, a good PI has inside connections and can get not easily obtainable information, like drivers license and other formal information. These are through connections they have and is not usually advertised, but if they are good, they have them. Trust me, they have them.





Good luck dude.
Are trying to sue a banker for a Nigerian prince who died in a car accident and left a lot of money? All kidding aside, a person can commit a violation of law if they did not obey state or federal regulations regarding the set up and operation of their business. If it is a corporation, they may have had to file paperwork with your state that would identify an agent for the proper service of legal notices and civil suits.





Good luck.
I'm sure you've tried this already.... but... have you tried searching on whitepages.com to see if their address and telephone #'s are listed?





And no, its not a crime to fall off the face of the earth :). It does suck that you've had to put out so much money trying to track these people down. Difficult to believe that 3 private detectives couldn't find them ?!
you can get around the proxy, but in general, life doesn't happen on the internets. you need to find their real location. your PIs have failed you. there is no law (yet) that demands you be where someone else thinks you are.