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Code of Civil Procedure § 763.030

ARTICLE 4. Service of Process

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 763.030Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 15.

(a) Whenever the court orders service by publication, the publication may:

(1) Name only the defendants to be served thereby.

(2) Describe only the property in which the defendants to be served thereby claim interests.

(b) Judgment against a defendant who fails to appear and answer following service under this section shall be conclusive against the defendant named in respect only to property described in the publication.