San Francisco is a compact city with hard-to-reach people: doormen, keyed elevators, multi-unit buildings without a directory, and a workforce that may be at a Financial District office by day and in the Sunset or Bernal Heights by night. StrikeServe dispatches San Francisco orders to California registered process servers who work the city on foot, by transit and by car as the address demands.
You order online, and every attempt shows up on your timeline with GPS coordinates and a timestamp. The completed proof of service is formatted to the California Rules of Court and signed under penalty of perjury, ready to file with the San Francisco Superior Court or to send to counsel.
Three flat tiers, the same price anywhere in San Francisco County. Every tier includes up to three attempts, GPS-timestamped attempt records and a court-formatted proof of service.
First attempt within 5–7 business days. The standard tier for most summons, subpoenas and family-law papers when the case calendar allows a normal window.
First attempt within 2–3 business days. For deadlines that are close but not today: hearing notices, deposition subpoenas, motion papers with a short fuse.
Order by noon; first attempt the same day. For emergencies. Place the order by noon and a server makes the first attempt that day.
Create the order at strikeserve.com, upload the papers to be served, and enter the San Francisco service address and any notes about the person, the building or the best times to try.
Routine, Rush or Same-Day. The price is flat for the tier and includes up to three attempts. Same-Day orders must be placed by noon.
A California registered process server is dispatched. Each attempt appears on your timeline with GPS coordinates, a timestamp and the server's notes.
When service is complete you receive a proof of service formatted to the California Rules of Court and signed under penalty of perjury. If service fails, you receive a Declaration of Non-Service.
Because San Francisco is both a city and a county, there is no suburb-versus-city pricing question here: the whole city is one flat rate. What does vary is the building. Single-family homes in the Richmond and Sunset districts serve much like anywhere else in California. High-rises in SoMa, Rincon Hill and the Financial District, and Victorian flats in the Mission with several units behind one street door, require a server who can reach the correct unit and identify the correct person. Our servers note the building type and access conditions on every attempt so that, if personal service fails, you have the record needed to consider substitute service.
Civil matters in San Francisco are heard by the San Francisco Superior Court. Its Civic Center Courthouse at 400 McAllister Street, at the corner of Polk and McAllister across from City Hall, is the court's main civil courthouse. The proof of service we deliver follows the California Rules of Court and is ready to file there once service is complete.
Serving San Francisco and the rest of San Francisco County at the same flat rate, including:
Civil unlimited, limited and small claims cases.
Witness, records and deposition subpoenas, civil and criminal.
Divorce petitions, custody and support orders, modifications.
Eviction notices and UD summons and complaints.
Domestic violence, civil harassment and workplace orders.
Probate citations, lien notices, demand letters and similar instruments.
Order online in a few minutes, or call and we will set it up with you.
Learn more about process serving in California, or see how law firms use StrikeServe for volume service.