Once payment is finalised and approved the documents will be made available to you and it will be your responsibility to notify and serve all required parties with the claim unless otherwise chosen. You can choose your preferred method of service at the time of lodging the intitial case via the online CourtSA portal.

There are three ways to serve a claim on the respondent:

  1. Party – The Applicant serves the documents by way of post, email or in person.
  2. Legal Representative – serves the documents on behalf of their client (the applicant).
  3. Sheriff  service – A fee is required per person to be served.

It does not cost you anything for you to serve the claim on the respondent by post or email.

If you would like a sheriff’s officer to serve the claim, there will be a fee involved, payment is processed at the time of completing the initial case via the online CourtSA portal.

Please visit the CourtSA Help Centre for further assistance on lodging a claim via the CourtSA online portal.