# Legal courier software that holds the attempt, the affidavit and the filing on one job record

> A legal courier process job is a paid errand for a law firm or a court: serving a summons, filing at the counter, delivering a subpoena or pulling a record. The federal rules put hard edges around it. A defendant not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed can be dismissed under Rule 4(m), only a person at least 18 years old and not a party may serve, and Rule 45 limits attendance to 100 miles from where the person lives or works. Neurobird holds the attempts, the proof and the return on one job.

- URL: https://neurobird.com/legalcourier/
- Product: Neurobird Legal Courier Process Document Automation Platform
- Niche: legal courier process
- Buyer: process servers and legal courier companies
- Status: in development, open for early access
- Updated: 2026-08-22

## What Neurobird Legal Courier Process does

- Log every attempt with its time, address and outcome, not just the one that finally worked
- Build the affidavit or return of service from the attempts instead of retyping them at midnight
- Track the court filing to the stamp, and route a rejection back to the firm the same hour
- Keep each server's county registration and bond dates where dispatch can see them before assigning

## How it works

1. **Take the job** Case number, court, papers, the party to be served and the service deadline the firm is actually working to, captured once when the assignment comes in.
2. **Work the attempts** Each attempt records the time, the address, who answered and what happened, so a diligence declaration is assembled from evidence rather than reconstructed from memory.
3. **Return the proof** The affidavit or return of service is generated from the attempt log, and the filing receipt or rejection lands on the same record the firm is watching.

## From the source material

> Any person who is at least 18 years old and not a party may serve a subpoena.

Source: Fed. R. Civ. P. 45, subpoenas, https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_45

## Industry context

- **90 days** Time limit for service under Rule 4(m). If the defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed the court must dismiss without prejudice or set a specified time, unless good cause is shown. (source: Fed. R. Civ. P. 4, https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_4)
- **18 years** Minimum age to serve a summons and complaint under Rule 4(c)(2), which also bars any party to the action from serving it. Rule 45(b)(1) applies the same test to a subpoena. (source: Fed. R. Civ. P. 4, https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_4)
- **30 days** Minimum time a defendant inside the United States must be given to return a waiver of service, rising to at least 60 days for a defendant outside any judicial district of the United States. (source: Fed. R. Civ. P. 4, https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_4)
- **100 miles** Distance limit in Rule 45(c). A subpoena may command attendance at a trial, hearing or deposition only within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed or regularly transacts business in person. (source: Fed. R. Civ. P. 45, https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_45)
- **14 days** Deadline for a written objection to a document subpoena, served before the earlier of the time specified for compliance or 14 days after the subpoena is served. (source: Fed. R. Civ. P. 45, https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_45)
- **$2,000** Bond a California registered process server files with the county clerk, capped at the same amount in total aggregate liability. Registration lasts two years and costs a $100 filing fee. (source: California Business and Professions Code 22353, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=22353)

## Pricing

- Solo server: $99 per month
- Courier company: $429 per month
- Multi county: $975 per month

## Questions

### What is a legal courier?

A legal courier is a driver who handles court errands for law firms: filing at the counter, serving papers, delivering subpoenas and retrieving records. When the errand is service of process the work is governed by court rules, which is why Rule 4(c)(2) requires the server to be at least 18 years old and not a party to the case.

### What are the federal deadlines for service?

Rule 4(m) gives 90 days after the complaint is filed, after which the court must dismiss without prejudice or set a specified time unless good cause is shown. A defendant asked to waive service must be given at least 30 days to return the waiver, or 60 days if they are outside any judicial district of the United States.

### Does this replace our routing software?

No. Routing decides the order of the stops. This holds what the stop was for: the attempts, the person served, the sworn return and the filing receipt, which is the part a court will eventually read.

### How does it handle multiple attempts at one address?

Every attempt is its own entry with a time, an address and an outcome. A diligence declaration is then assembled from those entries rather than written from memory, which is the difference between evidence and a summary.

### Can it track server registration and bonds?

Yes. In California a registered process server files a $2,000 bond and the registration runs two years or until the bond expires, whichever comes first, so both dates sit on the server record where dispatch can see them.

## Sources

- [Fed. R. Civ. P. 4, summons and service](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_4)
- [Fed. R. Civ. P. 5, serving and filing other papers](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_5)
- [Fed. R. Civ. P. 45, subpoenas](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_45)
- [California Business and Professions Code 22350, who must register](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=22350)
- [California Business and Professions Code 22353, the bond](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=22353)
- [California Business and Professions Code 22354, registration term](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=22354)

## Contact

- office@neurobird.com
- https://neurobird.com/