Legal Question in Business Law in California
Can a judge or a court or an arbiter accept priority mail tracking status as a guarantee of suit papers being served? These were just left in a mailbox, no signature required or provided.
Asked on 4/09/16, 9:14 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Bryan Whipple
Bryan R. R. Whipple, Attorney at Law
A summons to initiate a lawsuit can be served in California by mail, but ONLY if the person served returns an acknowledgment that he or she has been served, and said acknowledgment must be on a form sent along with the summons. See Code of Civil Procedure section 415.30. Priority mail tracking information is not sufficient to prove that the addressee has been served with a summons.
Answered on 4/10/16, 12:46 pm
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