What was served, on whom, how, where, when and by whom. Those six facts are the whole of a proof of service, and they are almost always written up weeks later from memory, by which point the time of day has gone and nobody is certain whether the envelope went first class. Record them as they happen, one entry per person, and the document writes itself in whichever of the three usual shapes you need.
An affidavit has to be sworn or affirmed in front of someone authorised to administer oaths. The printable version leaves the jurat blank for them to complete; it is not something you fill in yourself.
One entry per person, even where the same envelope covered two of them. The method decides the sentence the document uses, because "by post" on its own is the thing that gets a proof of service sent back.
The method decides the wording, and the wording is what gets checked. "By post" is not a method: prepaid first class post placed in a post box addressed to a named person at a stated address is. Each method here carries the sentence it needs, so the document says what was actually done rather than a summary of it.
Hash the file that went out. Arguments about service are often really arguments about which version was served. A SHA-256 taken on the day, recorded in the document, settles that in one line. The file is read in this tab to hash it and is neither kept nor uploaded.
It does not calculate deemed service. When a document counts as served is a rule that differs by court, by method and sometimes by the time of day, and getting it wrong here would be worse than not offering it. Record what you did; DIARY will count the days once you know which rule applies.
An affidavit is sworn, and not by you. The printable version leaves the jurat blank for the person who administers the oath. If nobody is going to swear it, the certificate or the statement of truth is the shape you want, and most courts now prefer them anyway.
Write it on the day. The time of day is the first fact to disappear, and it is the one that decides deemed service under several sets of rules. The register is kept in this browser, and in your folder if you have connected one, so an entry made in the corridor is there next week.
A certificate is signed by the person who served the document and is what most courts now accept. An affidavit is sworn or affirmed in front of someone authorised to administer oaths, which some jurisdictions and some applications still require. The facts in them are identical; only the ending and the formality differ, so this writes either from the same entries.
Because several sets of rules treat a document served after a cut-off time as served the following business day, and because the time is the first thing that gets lost when a proof of service is written up a fortnight later. It is optional, and it is the optional field most worth filling in.
No, deliberately. That depends on the court, the method and sometimes the hour, and a page that guessed would be worse than one that does not. Record what you did here, then use DIARY to count the days from whichever date your rule says.
Yes, and you should record them as separate entries even if one envelope covered two of them, because a court asks about each person individually. The document lists them as separate lettered sub-paragraphs and the CSV as separate rows.
No. The register, the names and the document's details stay in this browser and, if you have connected a folder, in it. The file you hash is read in the tab to compute its digest and is not kept or sent anywhere.