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1. What does the Sheriff's office charge to serve a civil process?

The charge to serve most civil process is $70 fee. If there are two separate parties to be served the cost is $30 per person or business served. There are different fees for other process but the $70 fee covers about 80% of all actions.

2. Does the Sheriff serve all civil process papers?

The Sheriff must serve all process delivered to him for service, however, about 95% of all civil process may be served by anyone who is at least 18 years of age and not an interested party in the action.

3. What is the process for getting a tenant evicted from my rental property?

To evict a tenant for violation of the terms of a lease the landlord must go to the Wright County Court Administrator to get an Eviction Summons and Eviction Complaint in Unlawful Detainer issued. The Sheriff, or private process server, will serve the Eviction Summons and Unlawful Detainer upon all tenants listed at the property. A court date is set approximately 14 days later allowing the tenant and the landlord to give their statements to the court. The court will issue a decision whether or not the tenant should be evicted. If the court decides in favor of the landlord and the person still does not move out, the landlord must have the court issue a Writ of Restitution and the Sheriff must serve this on the tenant. Twenty four hours after the Writ of Restitution has been served the Sheriff and the landlord can remove the tenant. If needed the landlord must safely keep the tenants property.

4. What is Conciliation Court?

Conciliation Court, also known as "Small Claims Court", was created to allow citizens to bring legal claims to the court without expensive costs or complicated legal procedures. Conciliation Court can accept claims for filing that are at, or below, the limit set by law. Currently the limit is $15,000. The limit is $4,000 if the claim involves consumer credit transaction. Conciliation Court