CHAPTER 4. Service of Summons [413.10. - 417.40.]

Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1610.

§§ 413.10–417.40 · 28 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General §§ 413.10–413.40 · 4 sections

   • § 413.10 Except as otherwise provided by statute, a summons shall be served on a person: (a) Within this state, as provided in this chapter. (b) Outside this state but…
   • § 413.20 If a summons is served by mail pursuant to this chapter, the provisions of Section 1013 that extend the time for exercising a right or doing an act shall not…
   • § 413.30 (a) (1) If no provision is made in this chapter or other law for the service of summons, or if a plaintiff, despite exercising reasonable diligence, has been…
   • § 413.40 Any service of summons which complies with the provisions of this chapter shall not be rendered invalid or ineffective because it was made by a person in…
2. ARTICLE 2. Persons Who May Serve Summons § 414.10 · 1 section

   • § 414.10 A summons may be served by any person who is at least 18 years of age and not a party to the action.
3. ARTICLE 3. Manner of Service of Summons §§ 415.10–415.95 · 10 sections

   • § 415.10 A summons may be served by personal delivery of a copy of the summons and of the complaint to the person to be served. Service of a summons in this manner is…
   • § 415.20 (a) In lieu of personal delivery of a copy of the summons and complaint to the person to be served as specified in Section 416.10, 416.20, 416.30, 416.40, or…
   • § 415.21 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any person shall be granted access to a gated community or a covered multifamily dwelling for a reasonable period of time…
   • § 415.30 (a) A summons may be served by mail as provided in this section. A copy of the summons and of the complaint shall be mailed (by first-class mail or airmail,…
   • § 415.40 A summons may be served on a person outside this state in any manner provided by this article or by sending a copy of the summons and of the complaint to the…
   • § 415.45 (a) A summons in an action for unlawful detainer of real property may be served by posting if upon affidavit it appears to the satisfaction of the court in…
   • § 415.46 (a) In addition to the service of a summons and complaint in an action for unlawful detainer upon a tenant and subtenant, if any, as prescribed by this…
   • § 415.47 (a) Where the lessee has given the lessor written notice of the lessee’s intent not to abandon leased real property as provided in Section 1951.3 of the Civil…
   • § 415.50 (a) A summons may be served by publication if upon affidavit it appears to the satisfaction of the court in which the action is pending that the party to be…
   • § 415.95 (a) A summons may be served on a business organization, form unknown, by leaving a copy of the summons and complaint during usual office hours with the person…
4. ARTICLE 4. Persons Upon Whom Summons May Be Served §§ 416.10–416.90 · 9 sections

   • § 416.10 A summons may be served on a corporation by delivering a copy of the summons and the complaint by any of the following methods: (a) To the person designated as…
   • § 416.20 A summons may be served on a corporation that has forfeited its charter or right to do business, or has dissolved, by delivering a copy of the summons and of…
   • § 416.30 A summons may be served on a joint stock company or association by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint as provided by Section 416.10 or…
   • § 416.40 A summons may be served on an unincorporated association (including a partnership) by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint: (a) If the…
   • § 416.50 (a) A summons may be served on a public entity by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint to the clerk, secretary, president, presiding officer,…
   • § 416.60 A summons may be served on a minor by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint to his parent, guardian, conservator, or similar fiduciary, or, if…
   • § 416.70 A summons may be served on a person (other than a minor) for whom a guardian, conservator, or similar fiduciary has been appointed by delivering a copy of the…
   • § 416.80 When authorized by Section 12 of the Elections Code, a summons may be served as provided by that section.
   • § 416.90 A summons may be served on a person not otherwise specified in this article by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint to such person or to a…
5. ARTICLE 5. Proof of Service §§ 417.10–417.40 · 4 sections

   • § 417.10 Proof that a summons was served on a person within this state shall be made: (a) If served under Section 415.10, 415.20, or 415.30, by the affidavit of the…
   • § 417.20 Proof that a summons was served on a person outside this state shall be made: (a) If served in a manner specified in a statute of this state, as prescribed by…
   • § 417.30 After a summons has been served on a person, proof of service of the summons as provided in Section 417.10 or 417.20 shall be filed, unless the defendant has…
   • § 417.40 (a) Any proof of service which is signed by a person registered under Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 22350) of Division 8 of the Business and Professions…