California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 10 — Actions in Particular Cases, Chapter 4 — Quiet Title, Article 4 — Service of Process, Section 763.030
(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.
Notes
Allows a court-ordered publication to name only the defendants being served and describe only property in which those defendants claim interests. If a named defendant fails to appear and answer after that service, the resulting judgment is conclusive against that defendant only as to the property described in the publication.
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