Sections
10 entriesSection 415.10Allows service by personally delivering the summons and complaint, making service complete at delivery. Requires the delivery date to be entered on…Section 415.20Allows substituted summons service, after reasonable diligence, by leaving papers at a dwelling, usual business, or qualifying mailing address with a responsible…Section 415.21Requires reasonable temporary access to a staffed gated community or qualifying multifamily dwelling solely to perform lawful service of process or a…Section 415.30Allows summons service by first-class or airmail with two copies of a notice and acknowledgment and a prepaid return envelope, with service…Section 415.40Allows service of summons on a person outside California by any method authorized by the chapter or by first-class mail requiring a…Section 415.45Allows court-authorized posting and certified-mail service in unlawful detainer actions beginning January 1, 2027, when other nonpublication service cannot be accomplished with…Section 415.46Allows service of a prejudgment claim of right to possession on apparent or potential unlawful-detainer occupants through specified officers or registered process…Section 415.47Allows unlawful-detainer summons service by certified mail to a lessee who gave written notice of intent not to abandon, if mailed within…Section 415.50Allows summons service by publication when reasonable diligence cannot accomplish another authorized method and the defendant or property-interest requirements are met. The…Section 415.95Allows service on a business organization of unknown form by leaving the summons and complaint during usual office hours with the apparent…