THE REGISTERED PROCESS SERVER'S GUIDE
TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN CALIFORNIA
By Tony Klein

"The Very Best How To And Legal Text On All The Ins And
Outs Of Serving Process In The State Of California"

No other manuals covers the detailed step-by-step points of the law as it relates to how to serve legal papers and civil process in the state of California. This professional manual and legal reference has been written in a way that gives you every fine point on how to properly serve process in California and shows you the ends and outs of how to set up a profitable service of process business.

POINTS OF LAW: Points of law reflect what forms must be used and how to fill them out, persons on whom summons may be served, manners of service of process in the state, special service requirements, record keeping, words, phrases and legal terms. Legal aspects of when, whom, where and how process can be served.

THE BUSINESS SIDE OF A SERVICE OF PROCESS BUSINESS: Independent contractors and emplyee status, tax reporting requirements, field skip tracing for the process server, Additional businesses relating to process service.

THE PROCESS SERVER IN THE FIELD: You'll find all the information and tools you'll need to get the job done and get it done correctly so a service of process will never be contested. You'll also learn how to deal with harder cases and tricks and tools you can use to get the job done.

General Comments
State Courts    
Federal Courts    
Civil Procedure    
When may a lawful service take place?    
Effects of an Improper Service 
   
Manners of Service    

Personal Service    
Personal Service on an Individual Defendant    
Substituted Service    
Substituted Service on an Individual, Minor Person for Whom a Guardian Has Been  Appointed, Candidate or a Person Who is Authorized to Accept Service for a Party
·Substituted Service on a Corporation, Joint Stock Company,     
Unincorporated Association or Partnership, or Public Entity Defendant    
Corporation    
Joint Stock Company    
Unincorporated Association or Partnership    
Public Entity    
Substituted Service on an Individual, Minor Person for Whom a Guardian Has Been Appointed, Candidate or a Person Who is Authorized to Accept Service for a Party
·   Service on a Defendant by Mail Within the State of California    
·   Service on a Defendant by Mail Outside the State of California    
·   Service of Unlawful Detainer Actions by Posting and Mailing    
·   Service on an Unnamed Tenant in an Unlawful Detainer Action    
·   Service in an Action for Abandonment of Leased Real Property    
·   Service by Publication    
Persons on Whom Summons May Be Served    
·   Personal Service on Corporate Defendants
·   Personal Service on a Joint Stock Company or Association
·   Personal Service on Unincorporated Association or Partnership Defendants    
·   Personal Service on a Public Entity    
·   Personal Service on a Minor    
·   Personal Service on a Person for Whom a Guardian Has Been Appointed    
·   Personal Service on a Person Authorized to Accept Service for the Defendant    
·   Sole Proprietorship Defendants    
·   Business Organization, Form Unknown, Named as Defendants    
·   Limited Liability Company Defendants    
·   Doe Defendants    
Other Manners of Service    
·   Service by Mail    
·   Service on a Defendant by Mail Within the State of California    
·   Service on a Defendant by Mail Outside the State of California    
·   Service of Summons by Mail with a Notice of Acknowledgment and Receipt    
·   Mailing Substituted Service Copy    
·   Service of Plaintiff's Claim by Mail    
·   Waiver of Service    
·   Service by Mail on Opposition Counsel    
·   Service by Mail of a Three Day Notice to Pay Rent or Quit, Thirty Day Notice    
·   Service on Opposing Counsel    
·   Service on Opposition When Opposition is "In Pro Per"    
·   Fax Service    
·   E-Mail Service    
Documents - Special Service Requirements    
·   General Civil Documents    
·   Summons & Complaint    
·   Summons & Petition for Dissolution of Marriage    
·   Summons & Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award    
·   Subpoena    
·   Federal Subpoenas    
·   Deposition Subpoena for Production of Business Records    
·   Subpoena for Personal "Consumer" Records    
·   Subpoena for Employment Records    
·   Order to Show Cause (OSC)    
·   Temporary Restraining Order (TRO)    
·   Order for Appearance of Judgment Debtor (OEX)    
·   Order of Examination (ORAP)    
·   Order for Appearance of Judgment Debtor - Third Person    
·   Order for Appearance of Debtor of Judgment Debtor    
·   Writ of Attachment    
·   Writ of Execution    
·   Small Claims Documents    
·   Plaintiff's Claim and Order    
·   Defendant's Claim and Order    
·   Other Civil Documents    
·   Claim Against Public Entity    
·   Notice of Intention to Commence Action Against a Health Care Provider    
·   Notice of Entry of Judgment on Sister State Judgment    
·   Notice of Hearing for Issuance of Writ of Attachment    
·   Notice of Motion    
·   Notice of Deposition    
·   Notice of Pending Action/Lis Pendens    
·   Notice to Perpetuate Testimony or Preserve Evidence    
·   Notice to Consumer or Employee and Objection    
·   Three Day Notice to Pay Rent or Quit    
·   Thirty Day Notice to Terminate Tenancy        Special Considerations in Rent Control Jurisdictions
    
Service of Process Checklist
·   Before Service    
·   During Service    
·   If service is made    
·   If service is not made and the address is confirmed    
·   If there is an answer and the person you are serving is not there    
·   If there is no answer and the address is not confirmed    
·   Stakeout Techniques    
·   After Service    
·   Create a written record    
Suggested Tools of the Trade    

Field Skip Tracing Techniques    
·   Where to Start    
·   Sources from the Field    
·   Directory Assistance    
·   Telephone Directory    
·   Libraries    
·   Postal Forwarding Addresses and PO Box Check    
·   Public Records    
·   Assessor    
·   Recorder    
·   Court Records    
·   County Clerk    
·   Tax Collector    
·   Secretary of State    
·   Department of Motor Vehicles    
Documents Defined    

Words, Phrases and Legal Terms    

Recordkeeping    

Independent Contractor and Employee Status    
·   IRS 20 Common Law Factors    
·   California 14 Common Law Factors    
·   California Process Server "Industry Specific Regulation"     Table of Determination Factors - Process Servers    

Tax Reporting Requirements    

Business Formation    

Additional Businesses Relating to Process Serving
    
About the Author
    
APPENDIX SECTION
·   Frequently Asked Questions About the Registered Process Server Law
·   2001 Updates to The Registered Process Server's Guide to Service of Process in California
·   Exemplar of Proof of Service by Personal Service on an Individual Defendant
·   Exemplar of Proof of Service by Personal Service on a Corporation Defendant
·   Exemplar of Proof of Service by Substituted Service on an Individual Defendant
·   Declaration of Diligence
·   Exemplar of Proof of Service by Substituted Service on a Corporation Defendant
·   Blank Proof of Service form
·   Blank Declaration of Diligence form

 

  CAPACITY NOTICES

Figure 1: Capacity Notice to Individual Defendant    
Figure 2: Capacity Notice to Unnamed Unlawful Detainer Occupant    
Figure 3: Capacity Notice to Corporate Defendant    
Figure 4: Capacity Notice to Corporate Defendant Having Forfeited its Charter    
Figure 5: Capacity Notice to Joint Stock Company or Association    
Figure 6: Capacity Notice to Association or Partnership    
Figure 7: Capacity Notice to Public Entity    
Figure 8a: Capacity Notice to Minor    
Figure 8b: Capacity Notice to Guardian of Minor    
Figure 9a: Capacity Notice to Conservatee    
Figure 9b: Capacity Notice to Guardian of Conservatee     
Figure 10: Capacity Notice to Candidate    
Figure 11: Capacity Notice to an Individual Defendant
    when Served on a Person Authorized to Accept Service    

General Comments
·   State Courts    
·   Federal Courts    
·   Civil Procedure    
·   When may a lawful service take place?    
·   Effects of an Improper Service    
Manners of Service    

Personal Service    
·   Personal Service on an Individual Defendant    Substituted Service    
·   Substituted Service on an Individual, Minor Person for Whom a Guardian Has Been     Appointed, Candidate or a Person Who is Authorized to Accept Service for a Party
·   Substituted Service on a Corporation, Joint Stock Company,     Unincorporated Association or Partnership, or Public Entity Defendant    
·   Corporation    
·   Joint Stock Company    
·   Unincorporated Association or Partnership    
·   Public Entity    
·   Substituted Service on an Individual, Minor Person for Whom a Guardian Has Been     Appointed, Candidate or a Person Who is Authorized to Accept Service for a Party
·   Service on a Defendant by Mail Within the State of California    
·   Service on a Defendant by Mail Outside the State of California    
·   Service of Unlawful Detainer Actions by Posting and Mailing    
·   Service on an Unnamed Tenant in an Unlawful Detainer Action    
·   Service in an Action for Abandonment of Leased Real Property    
·   Service by Publication    
Persons on Whom Summons May Be Served    
·   Personal Service on Corporate Defendants Click link to see a sample page.    
·   Personal Service on a Joint Stock Company or Association
·   Personal Service on Unincorporated Association or Partnership Defendants    
·   Personal Service on a Public Entity    
·   Personal Service on a Minor    
·   Personal Service on a Person for Whom a Guardian Has Been Appointed    
·   Personal Service on a Person Authorized to Accept Service for the Defendant    
·   Sole Proprietorship Defendants    
·   Business Organization, Form Unknown, Named as Defendants    
·   Limited Liability Company Defendants    
·   Doe Defendants    
Other Manners of Service    
·   Service by Mail    
·   Service on a Defendant by Mail Within the State of California    
·   Service on a Defendant by Mail Outside the State of California    
·   Service of Summons by Mail with a Notice of Acknowledgment and Receipt    
·   Mailing Substituted Service Copy    
·   Service of Plaintiff's Claim by Mail    
·   Waiver of Service    
·   Service by Mail on Opposition Counsel    
·   Service by Mail of a Three Day Notice to Pay Rent or Quit, Thirty Day Notice    
·   Service on Opposing Counsel    
·   Service on Opposition When Opposition is "In Pro Per"    
·   Fax Service    
·   E-Mail Service    
Documents - Special Service Requirements    
·   General Civil Documents    
·   Summons & Complaint    
·   Summons & Petition for Dissolution of Marriage    
·   Summons & Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award    
·   Subpoena    
·   Federal Subpoenas    
·   Deposition Subpoena for Production of Business Records    
·   Subpoena for Personal "Consumer" Records    
·   Subpoena for Employment Records    
·   Order to Show Cause (OSC)    
·   Temporary Restraining Order (TRO)    
·   Order for Appearance of Judgment Debtor (OEX)    
·   Order of Examination (ORAP)    
·   Order for Appearance of Judgment Debtor - Third Person    
·   Order for Appearance of Debtor of Judgment Debtor    
·   Writ of Attachment    
·   Writ of Execution    
·   Small Claims Documents    
·   Plaintiff's Claim and Order    
·   Defendant's Claim and Order    
·   Other Civil Documents    
·   Claim Against Public Entity    
·   Notice of Intention to Commence Action Against a Health Care Provider    
·   Notice of Entry of Judgment on Sister State Judgment    
·   Notice of Hearing for Issuance of Writ of Attachment    
·   Notice of Motion    
·   Notice of Deposition    
·   Notice of Pending Action/Lis Pendens    
·   Notice to Perpetuate Testimony or Preserve Evidence    
·   Notice to Consumer or Employee and Objection    
·   Three Day Notice to Pay Rent or Quit    
·   Thirty Day Notice to Terminate Tenancy        Special Considerations in Rent Control Jurisdictions
    
Service of Process Checklist
·   Before Service    
·   During Service    
·   If service is made    
·   If service is not made and the address is confirmed    
·   If there is an answer and the person you are serving is not there    
·   If there is no answer and the address is not confirmed    
·   Stakeout Techniques    
·   After Service    
·   Create a written record    
Suggested Tools of the Trade    

Field Skip Tracing Techniques    
·   Where to Start    
·   Sources from the Field    
·   Directory Assistance    
·   Telephone Directory    
·   Libraries    
·   Postal Forwarding Addresses and PO Box Check    
·   Public Records    
·   Assessor    
·   Recorder    
·   Court Records    
·   County Clerk    
·   Tax Collector    
·   Secretary of State    
·   Department of Motor Vehicles    
Documents Defined    

Words, Phrases and Legal Terms    

Recordkeeping    

Independent Contractor and Employee Status    
·   IRS 20 Common Law Factors    
·   California 14 Common Law Factors    
·   California Process Server "Industry Specific Regulation"     Table of Determination Factors - Process Servers    

Tax Reporting Requirements    

Business Formation    

Additional Businesses Relating to Process Serving
    
About the Author
    
APPENDIX SECTION
·   Frequently Asked Questions About the Registered Process Server Law
·   2001 Updates to The Registered Process Server's Guide to Service of Process in California
·   Exemplar of Proof of Service by Personal Service on an Individual Defendant
·   Exemplar of Proof of Service by Personal Service on a Corporation Defendant
·   Exemplar of Proof of Service by Substituted Service on an Individual Defendant
·   Declaration of Diligence
·   Exemplar of Proof of Service by Substituted Service on a Corporation Defendant
·   Blank Proof of Service form
·   Blank Declaration of Diligence form

 

  CAPACITY NOTICES

Figure 1: Capacity Notice to Individual Defendant    
Figure 2: Capacity Notice to Unnamed Unlawful Detainer Occupant    
Figure 3: Capacity Notice to Corporate Defendant    
Figure 4: Capacity Notice to Corporate Defendant Having Forfeited its Charter    
Figure 5: Capacity Notice to Joint Stock Company or Association    
Figure 6: Capacity Notice to Association or Partnership    
Figure 7: Capacity Notice to Public Entity    
Figure 8a: Capacity Notice to Minor    
Figure 8b: Capacity Notice to Guardian of Minor    
Figure 9a: Capacity Notice to Conservatee    
Figure 9b: Capacity Notice to Guardian of Conservatee     
Figure 10: Capacity Notice to Candidate    
Figure 11: Capacity Notice to an Individual Defendant
 when Served on a Person Authorized to Accept Service    

 

No other manual brings together the law, business principles and techniques needed to get a successful service of process business rolling and get the job done correctly like this one does. It's highly recommended.
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