Delivery Instructions
STEP 1 – DELIVERY MESSAGE & RESPONSE: Select an option to deliver portal login credentials. (Note: the method you select delivers no documents—only login credentials.)
- Delivery Portal: Email Response ID
- When to use this option: This is the default selection, used for over 99 percent of ServePort deliveries.
- What is sent: ServePort sends the Recipient(s) an email with login credentials (portal URL, Response ID, and Passcode). Recipients must also then obtain a PIN for each login. For details, see ServePort - Recipient Experience.
- Manual: [Various options]
- When to use this option: Select this if you must send paper or physical materials.
- What is sent: Nothing -- all you do is log certain tracking information, and you are required to manually deliver the materials.
STEP 2 – SERVING PARTY CONTACT INFORMATION -- Login credentials sent via email.
Choosing who receives the documents. Beneath the Serving Party, the Recipient section records where the response documents are actually going. Documents are often delivered to a party other than the one that issued the request. In the Recipient section you can choose of two options:
- Serving Party: the party that issued the request also receives the documents, this is the standard case.
- Different Party: the documents need to go somewhere else, enter that party's contact details.
There is one Recipient per matter. Under either choice you can add further email addresses using the '+Add Recipient' button. Use the '+Add Recipient' button to specify up to five more email addresses. When you open the delivery portal, each listed Recipient will be sent login credentials via email.
STEP 3 - COST RECOVERY & FINANCIALS: Select an invoice type or chose "No Inv / No Cost Recovery." Selecting either a “Safari Generated” or “Uploaded” invoice activates the paywall.
- Invoice preview: To preview a Safari-generated invoice, select the invoice, save your selection, click the Financial folder, and open the invoice.
- No-paywall delivery options:
- Manually Send Invoice: Select this option if you intend to invoice the Serving Party, but don’t want to use the paywall. After you receive payment, manually enter the information in the financial section.
- No Inv / No Cost Recovery: Select this option if you are not invoicing the Serving Party.
Delivery to a different party separates paying from downloading. The invoice option works the say may, but both parties can settle it. When the Recipient is a Different Party, they can pay the invoice and download the documents. The Serving Party can pay the invoice but cannot download the documents. The Serving Party is notified when an invoice is due, and again when the Different Party downloads the documents. If the Serving Party pays, the Different Party is notified.
STEP 4 - PORTAL OPTIONS:
- Confirm or edit the portal expiration date. Video tutorial (1+ min)
STEP 6 - DELIVERY TIMING
Some response documents can't legally be delivered before a specific date. Use Scheduled Delivery to set that date once and let the platform handle the rest, instead of holding the matter until the date arrives. For timing Safari provides two options:
- Immediately (default). Once you check Open Delivery Portal and select SAVE the portal opens immediately.
- Scheduled. Allows you to Schedule when the Delivery Portal opens
- Date: Select the delivery date using the calendar lookup
- Time: Select a delivery time, times are shown in half-hour increments.
- Time Zone: defaults to your browser's time zone
You can't select a date in the past or a date more than 365 days out.
What Happens With a Scheduled Delivery?
When you save a Scheduled Delivery, the matter status changes to PORTAL Delivery Scheduled. This status does not appear on the Active - Unresolved matter list, rather is it available as a filter option. You can still add or delete documents in the Response folder while delivery is scheduled, just note that whatever is in the Response folder at the time the portal opens is what gets delivered. On the scheduled date and time, the platform opens the portal automatically, and the matter status will change to Portal open (Unaccessed).
FINAL STEP - CHECK THE DELIVERY SETUP COMPLETE BOX