Manner of Service of Summons
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 123 F. Supp. 2d 133 - Citadel Management, Inc. v. Telesis Trust, Inc. (2000)
Most recently applied in Carl Jimena v. Clive Standish (January 2013)
Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 789.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
A summons may be served by personal delivery of a copy of the summons and of the complaint to the person to be served. Service of a summons in this manner is deemed complete at the time of such delivery.
The date upon which personal delivery is made shall be entered on or affixed to the face of the copy of the summons at the time of its delivery. However, service of a summons without such date shall be valid and effective.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.