ROSS COURTNEY - Yakima Herald-Republic
Dennis Copeland double-checks the address of a house on Queen Avenue before posting a foreclosure notice on the door.
A man comes to the door. He tells Copeland he's just renting and was planning to move soon anyway.
"If you ... need to go in the backyard, there's a dog," he says with a friendly voice.
No need, Copeland tells him. The 24-year-veteran process server tapes the notice under the house number, takes two digital photographs and leaves.
Copeland, 56, appreciates the man's warning about the dog: "He was nice."
Dogs are the scariest part of the job for the man who posts the first legal notice -- one for someone about to lose their home.
So far this year, he has been posting 10 such notices a day all over Yakima County. His company also serves Kittitas County, which sees two or three a day...
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Foreclosure exposure: Business is good for those on legal end
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