The Administrative Remedy Process

This INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CLAIM IN ADMIRALTY - ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDY process was originally developed for use in mortgage matters, but it can be adapted for other uses. It is a non-judicial way to bring your grievances up to whomever has harmed you, give them a chance to explain themselves and settle the matter on a private, ‘person-to-person’ basis.

An Administrative Remedy can be used by anyone to establish the facts of a matter and give parties on both sides of a disagreement an opportunity to state their 'case'. It involves no courts, judges, mediators or other public officials except for a notary public whose role is limited to acknowledging the acts done and serving as a witness.

There are 8 steps to the Remedy, most of which are served on the Libellees (those who you perceive as having damaged you) by a “Notary Acceptor”:  a public officer commissioned by the Secretary of State, who is willing to act as a third party witness to your communications with the other parties and your good-faith efforts in exhausting your administrative remedies. Each of your documents is mailed to the Libellees by the notary using certified mail if domestic with a ‘green receipt card’ attached, which is the proof that the package reached it’s destination, was accepted, and will be returned to the notary. Registered mail was established by law, under the U.S. Constitution, and is recognized internationally, but our experience has found that it is disappointing for out-of-the-country mailings so we recommend Federal Express. If your process is entirely domestic, certified mail can be used.

The first 3 documents are Notices of the claim you are bringing against your adversary. In the first communication, statements are made which they are supposed to respond to. Should you be wrong in any of your statements, abundant opportunity for your adversary to correct your mistaken belief is given. If no response is made after communicating with them 3 times, your statements are deemed agreed with and settled. The initial Notice of claim also contains a True Bill which is the detail of your damages and a total of the amount you are demanding.

Document #4 is a Notice of Dishonor from the notary acceptor, certifying that s/he has not
received any responses. Then starts your Demand for payment, which consists of 3 Notices (#5, 6 & 7). The 8th document is the Certificate of Dishonor (COD), a statement from the notary reciting the history of when each Notice was sent out, when the return receipt card came back, and whether or not there were any responses. The 4th and the 8th steps are notary’s documents to you. The 4th doc., Non-Response, is sent only to you. The 8th doc., the COD is sent to you with a courtesy copy to the Libellees via first class mail.

If you do not have a local notary willing to be the acceptor for you, we have 2 notaries on staff who can serve in that respect. You will need to have your signature notarized by a local notary on most of the documents.  Using 2 notaries may actually make the documents ‘stronger’ as you have 2 officers of the state verifying your actions.

Tendering a Donation and Other Technicalities

There are two ways in which your Administrative Remedy can be handled, depending upon your skill with using a word processor.

If your matter is something other than mortgage, the cost of the initial Claim document may be more than what’s listed below depending upon how complex it is. Please contact us with details of your claim.

1) Templates of all documents described above can be e-mailed to you for a suggested donation of $50 to cover our time in getting all 8 to you and for consultation should you have any questions. You will then mail your customized, signed/executed documents to us for our:
Certificate of Mailing  -  $30 per certificate;  7 steps = $210
and serving on the Libellees:  Registered mail costs  -  $15 each time; 7 times =  $105
or
Certified mail @ $6 each time; 7 times = $42
 
If there are more than 2 entities listed on your claim, additional funds to cover the extra copying cost and time for the entire process will be needed. If you have entities at different addresses, that may also impact mailing costs.

2) If you prefer having us word process all of your documents, see prices below which includes our Certificate of Mailing. Mailing fees are additional.

Document
#1 Claim
#2 Fault
#3 Default
#4 Non-Response
#5 First Demand
#6 Sec. Demand
#7 Third Demand
#8 Cert. Dishonor
                      Totals
Doc. Creation, Certif. of Mailing.
   $250
     100
       75
     100
       75
       75
       75
     150
   $900

Payment can be made by credit card, PayPal, postal money order (preferably with the 'pay to' line left blank), or cash.

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