Mandatory Time for Service of Summons
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Provencio v. Vazquez (2009)
Most recently applied in 555 F. App'x 677 - Kissandra Tysman v. Anthony Pellicano (February 2014)
Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 300, Sec. 4
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) The summons and complaint shall be served upon a defendant within three years after the action is commenced against the defendant. For the purpose of this subdivision, an action is commenced at the time the complaint is filed.
(b) Proof of service of the summons shall be filed within 60 days after the time the summons and complaint must be served upon a defendant.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.