Process Server Certification
Certification Requirements & Fees
All Process Servers are strongly encouraged to review and adhere to the Process Server Curriculum.
Applicants are solely responsible for ensuring they know all information required to become certified, by ensuring to utilize all resources available to them (i.e., our website, rules, renewal notices, slideshows, any communications submitted to them by staff, etc.).
In order to become a certified Process Server, you must:
- Complete a civil process service educational course. Applicants must complete a 7-hour course approved by the Commission (no more than) one year of filing their Process Server Application. Upon completion of the course, the course director must supply you with a certificate of completion.
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- You must complete the course before applying for certification.
- You must contact the course providers directly for information such as how to register with them, when, where, and how much the course costs.
- You must retain a copy of your certificate of completion.
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- Submit the Application for Certification and pay the application fee.
- You must apply for licensure via our online licensing and certification system.
- Follow the prompts to create your JBCC profile.
- You must use your full legal name (i.e., the name indicated on your government issued identification or driver's license). Preferred names are not permitted.
- Immediately after creating your profile, you will automatically be taken to the first page of the application for certification.
- You must upload a copy of your orientation course completion certification to your application.
- Please see the Fees section of this page for information on amounts due, acceptable forms of payment, etc.
- 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.
- Pass a state and national criminal history background check.
- You must get fingerprinted using the JBCC service code for the Process Servers Certification department so that we can obtain your background reports directly from DPS and the FBI.
- Anything that doesn't have "TX-JBCC Process Server Certification Program" on it will not be accepted.
- You will receive the service code form via the automated email confirmation that is sent immediately after submitting your application for certification.
- You must check your inbox (and spam folder) for this correspondence.
- You must upload a copy of your fingerprinting receipt to your online application for certification after you've completed the fingerprinting process.
- You must get fingerprinted using the JBCC service code for the Process Servers Certification department so that we can obtain your background reports directly from DPS and the FBI.
Fees
All fees are non-refundable. However, if you have a fee dispute you must submit it to processservers@txcourts.gov for resolution.
First-Time Applicants: $200.00
Acceptable forms of payment: Credit Card or Debit Card
Updated: 07/16/2025