MERS - what is there correct service agent /address

[inproper]

Hi! I have a loan with Countrywide, property is in California, they are foreclosing and I am fighting them back in court.

From court stand point, there are 2 entities to call on, Beneficiary, which is MERS (Mortgage Electronic Register System) and Trustee, which is Loanstar.

With Loanstar I had no problems, served them in Simi Valley and everything is fine.

With MERS though, things went tricky, their address mentioned on Notice of Default (400 Countrywide way ....) also in Simi Valley didn't work, people there (obviously, a Countrywide office) said they don't accept served papers for MERS.
Database with Secretary of state (California) says there MERS'S license has expired.

MERS's website says their address is in a completely different state.

Question is - does anyone knows, how can I serve MERS, at what address? I need to have them served personally with complaint and summons.
or - does anyone knows if I can serve secretary of state instead? (and how?)

THANKS!

[Cat Damiano]

Hi inproper,

Welcome to the forum and thank you for joining...............

Here is the MERS legal dept..............you might get the info you are looking for from one of these contacts...........
Hope this helps you out.............
Good Luck!!



Sharon Horstkamp, VP & General Counsel
Direct: (703) 761-1280
Fax: (703) 748-0183
sharonh@mersinc.org

Richard Anderson, Counsel
Direct: (703) 761-1288
Fax: (703) 748-0183
richarda@mersinc.org

Cris Mullins, Counsel
Direct: (703) 738-0200
Fax: (703) 748-0183
crism@mersinc.org

Joseph Patry, Counsel
Direct: (703) 738-0208
Fax: (703) 748-0183
joep@mersinc.org

Brandie Peeples, Counsel
Direct: (703) 738-0239
Fax: (703) 748-0183
brandiep@mersinc.org

Camelia Martin, Paralegal
Direct: 703-761-2111
Fax: 703-748-0183
cameliam@mersinc.org

Beth Powell, Paralegal
Direct: (703) 738-0214
Fax: (703) 748-0183
bethp@mersinc.org

[schwefls]

Hi inproper:

I wanted to stop in and say hello. Shortly someone will be reaching out to you to address your questions.

[inproper]

Thanks! I will call them first thing monday morning and see what they have to say, meanwhile I tried to google it and to my surprise I found that finding and serving MERS is really an issue for many people in many states, to the point that there is a professional server's website, which is created just for that purpose alone, serving MERS in their secret location (it is even explained on the webpage why it is secret).I am now away from that PC from where I found it, but I place a link here soon.

[Cat Damiano]

thank you........that was to a business that charges fees for serving papers.......I was thinking it was free information on how to deal with MERS.

Let us know how it goes on Monday and if you are able to get anywhere......

[inproper]

Today talked to Brandie Peeples from this list of contacts provided by Cat (thank you, Cat!), she said personal delivery service can be done at corporate address, which is available at MERS's website MERS - Mortgage Electronic Registration System and is:
MERS
1818 Library Street, Suite 300
Reston, VA 20190
Phone: (800) 646-6377
Fax: (703) 748-018

I personally don't accept this as a final correct answer until I try it and prove it working, but this is better than nothing, so I am sending papers out today, let's see how it goes