Documenting served Eviction Notice

[Renee R.]

I’m interested in knowing how you document that you've served the Eviction Notice? Pictures? Video? If so, how detailed i.e. showing the docs as you put them into the envelope and post them to the unit's door? Or, just the visual of it on their door?

How do you document verification of the date you served it? Is the metadata in the pics/video enough? Or, should I slide in a newspaper into the pic/video showing the date? (as an experienced landlord advised me)

Reason I ask is because I'm in the process of evicting a troublesome tenant for nonpayment of rent, but the tenant claims he never got the Demand for Rent/Eviction Notice—despite it being affixed to the door with packing tape and enclosed in a bright orange belly band clearly stating the contents.

The docs also include my attestation that I posted the docs, including the address, date and time. Since this tenant is a weasel, I want to make sure I’m buttoning this up as tightly as possible.

Advice?