How is civil process served?
Much of the law concerning the service and execution of civil process is covered in the Code of Civil Procedure (CCP). Process brought to the Sheriff for service must be valid on its face, issued by a competent authority and accompanied by adequate legal instructions. The instructions must indicate the process to be served, the person or entity to be served, the location for service and be signed by the attorney of the party or by the party, if he has no attorney. Instruction forms for specific types of levies and service requests are available on the Civil Process page. Also, there are usually time restrictions regarding the service and enforcement of various types of civil process. The fees for service of process are set in accordance with the California Government Code, 26720 et. seq. Many types of civil process can be served by anyone over the age of 18 who is not a party to the action or by a registered process server. Registered Process Servers may be found in the telephone yello
