Question: How do I serve someone if I need their current address? A most recent address shows on public record in Georgia, but I believe she is at a different address and is trying to evade being served. Do I attempt to serve at that address?

Answer: When the person on whom service is to be made resides outside the state or has departed from the state, or cannot, after due diligence, be found within the state, or conceals himself to avoid the service of the summons, and the fact shall appear, by affidavit, to the satisfaction of the judge or clerk of the court, and it shall appear, either by affidavit or by a verified complaint on file, that a claim exists against the defendant in respect to whom the service is to be made, and that he is a necessary or proper party to the action, the judge or clerk may grant an order that the publication makes the service of summons.