PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Service: Process & Papers
......Summons
.........Other Than Personal Service
 12 Cards On This Topic:
  • Statute authorizing service by mail on party.
  • Statute authorizing service by mail on out-of-state party.
  • Service by publication.
  • Service by leaving summons at office or residence.
  • Service by publication in L.A. paper was most likely to give D actual notice as substantial evidence supported P's reasonable knowledge D lived at an L.A. address, despite evading personal service.
  • In unlawful detainer, Stanford was justified in seeking service by posting and mailing under CCP 415.45 after multiple attempts at personal service were unsuccessful; super. ct. properly denied D's motion to vacate default.
  • Trial court properly entered PI dismissal judgment for absent, foreign D where complaint barred by SOL and CCP 351 tolling did not apply; service of S&C proper on DMV director.
  • Substituted service of S&C properly achieved by service on clerk at post office box store where D rented a box and listed it as her business address on letterhead and with State Bar.
  • Where P met all statutory requirements for effective service of process on a foreign corp., trial ct. erred in concluding the default judgment void for lack of valid service.
  • Once party obtains court order allowing service of summons and complaint by publication, separate order not necessary to also simultaneously serve statement of damages by publication.
  • Substitute service on manager of postal annex where Ds’ received mail was proper under Code Civ. Proc. §415.20 (b).
  • Substituted service of process on guard at gated community after numerous attempts at personal service proper, as guard is "member of household."


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