Serve legal documents in California

Different court documents have different service rules. A divorce summons cannot be served by the petitioner; a witness subpoena has to be handed to the witness with fees offered on demand; an eviction summons can only be posted with a court order; a restraining order must be personally served a set number of days before the hearing; a small claims defendant must be served 15 or 20 days before the hearing date; a writ of execution goes to the sheriff or is levied by a registered process server. The pages below explain what gets served, who may serve it, the statutes that apply and what you receive from StrikeServe when it is done.

Pricing is flat in all 58 California counties: Routine $95, Rush $145, Same-Day $250, with up to three attempts, GPS-timestamped attempt records and a proof of service formatted to the California Rules of Court included in every order. If your document is not listed, the same process applies; just place the order and describe the papers.