In cases where the person can not be found you can obtain substitutional service (mailing to the last known address for example) or even have service waived. You have to show you made efforts to find the person. Its pretty routine. A demographic search is a start.
Its not hard to achieve service. If its a motor vehicle accident the insurer will respond and pay. If its a private dispute, you can sue and get an empty judgment but which will haunt the defendant if you track them down.
A friend of mine obtained on behalf of the securities commission a near million dollar judgment years ago. The guy skipped town to Florida. He returned last year thinking he was forgotten. He brought with him a $100K Class A motorhome and bought a house. Judgment paid.
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