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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 3 - Process and Notices › Section 26660.

26660. As used in this title:
(a) “Process” includes all writs, warrants, summons, and orders of courts of justice, or judicial officers.
(b) “Notice” includes all papers and orders required to be served in any proceedings before any court, board, or officer, or when required by law to be served independently of such proceeding.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 3 - Process and Notices › Section 26661.

26661. When process or notices are returnable to another county the sheriff may enclose the process or notice in an envelope, addressed to the officer from whom it emanated, and deposit it in the post office prepaying postage.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 3 - Process and Notices › Section 26662.

26662. The return of the sheriff upon process or notices is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the return.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 3 - Process and Notices › Section 26663.

26663. Any sheriff who does not return a process or notice in his or her possession, with the necessary endorsement thereon, without delay is liable to the person aggrieved for all actual damages sustained by him or her.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 120, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 3 - Process and Notices › Section 26664.

26664. Any sheriff who neglects or refuses to perform the duties under a writ of attachment, execution, possession, or sale, after being required by the creditor’s attorney of record or, if the creditor does not have any attorney of record, by the creditor and after the sheriff’s fees have been paid or tendered, is liable to the creditor for all actual damages sustained by the creditor.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 497, Sec. 104. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 185 of Ch. 497.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 3 - Process and Notices › Section 26665.

26665. All writs, notices, or other process issued by superior courts in civil actions or proceedings may be served by any duly qualified and acting marshal or sheriff of any county in the state, subject to the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 171. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 3 - Process and Notices › Section 26666.

26666. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a marshal or sheriff, including their department or office, shall comply with this section for service of process and notice. As used in this section, “notice” has the same meaning as defined in Section 26660.
(b) A marshal or sheriff, including their department or office, shall accept an electronic signature and shall not require an original or wet signature on a document requesting the marshal or sheriff, or their department or office, to serve court documents, or on a summons, order, or other notice to be served.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 417, Sec. 2. (AB 2791) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 3 - Process and Notices › Section 26666.2.

26666.2.  Except for the following criteria, a marshal or sheriff, including their department or office, shall not review the substance of a summons, order, or other notice:
(a) The applicable form or forms described in Section 26666.10 are present and required sections, if any, are complete.
(b) A case number appears on the summons, order, or other notice. Blank forms, such as responsive forms, are not required to include a case number.
(c) An order to be served, including a restraining order, bears the signature of the judge, including, but not limited to, a stamp or other endorsement or representation of the signature of a judge, certification of a clerk, or court endorsement or seal, and the information on the order materially matches the information regarding the person to be served on the form or forms described in Section 26666.10.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 417, Sec. 3. (AB 2791) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 3 - Process and Notices › Section 26666.5.

26666.5. (a) A marshal or sheriff, including their department or office, shall accept transmission by email, fax, or in-person delivery of the form or forms described in Section 26666.10, and of a summons, order, or other notice to be served in any case in which the court has granted a fee waiver by an order on court fee waiver or the litigant is otherwise exempt from paying fees for service of a summons, order, or other notice under any law, including, but not limited to, subdivision (y) of Section 527.6, subdivision (x) of Section 527.8, or subdivision (x) of Section 527.85 of the Code of Civil Procedure, Division 10 (commencing with Section 6200) of the Family Code, paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 6103.2, Section 26721 or 70617 of the Government Code, Section 18121 of the Penal Code, 34 U.S.C. Sec. 10450(a)(1), or 34 U.S.C. Sec. 10461(c)(1)(D). Any person may deliver the forms for service to the marshal or sheriff, including their department or office, on behalf of a litigant.
(b) A marshal or sheriff, including their department or office, shall not charge or collect a fee for the electronic transmission of documents described in subdivision (a).
(c) This section shall not be construed to impede a private process server’s rights or obligations, including, but not limited to, the ability to serve a summons, order, or other notice as requested by a client.
(d) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2024.
(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended (as added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 417, Sec. 4) by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 84. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2026, by its own provisions. See later operative version, as amended by Sec. 85 of Stats. 2023, Ch. 131.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 3 - Process and Notices › Section 26666.5.

26666.5. (a) A marshal or sheriff, including their department or office, shall accept transmission by email, fax, or in-person delivery of the form or forms described in Section 26666.10, and of a summons, order, or other notice to be served. Any person may deliver the forms for service to the marshal or sheriff, including their department or office, on behalf of a litigant.
(b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a marshal or sheriff, including their department or office, shall not charge or collect a fee for the electronic transmission of documents described in subdivision (a) that exceeds the actual cost incurred in processing the transmission.
(2) No fee for the electronic transmission of documents shall be imposed on a litigant who has been granted a fee waiver by an order on court fee waiver or is otherwise exempt from paying fees for service of a summons, order, or other notice under any law, including, but not limited to, subdivision (y) of Section 527.6, subdivision (x) of Section 527.8, or subdivision (x) of Section 527.85 of the Code of Civil Procedure, Division 10 (commencing with Section 6200) of the Family Code, paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 6103.2, Section 26721 or 70617 of the Government Code, Section 18121 of the Penal Code, 34 U.S.C. Sec. 10450(a)(1), or 34 U.S.C. Sec. 10461(c)(1)(D).
(c) This section shall not be construed to require a marshal or sheriff, including their department or office, to attempt service of documents prior to receipt of any fees owed pursuant to this chapter.
(d) This section shall not be construed to impede a private process server’s rights or obligations, including, but not limited to, the ability to serve a summons, order, or other notice as requested by a client.
(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2026.
(Amended (as added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 417, Sec. 5) by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 85. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024. Operative January 1, 2026, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 3 - Process and Notices › Section 26666.10.

26666.10. (a) On or before January 1, 2024, the Judicial Council shall create a statewide form or forms to be used by litigants in civil actions or proceedings to request service of process or notice by a marshal or sheriff, including their department or office.
(b)  A marshal or sheriff, including their department or office, shall accept an electronic signature and shall not require an original or wet signature on the form or forms created pursuant to this section.
(c)  The Judicial Council form or forms shall do all of the following:
(1) Require the name, address, and description of the person to be served and the signature of the litigant requesting service, or their attorney of record, and may require any other pertinent information for service.
(2) Indicate on the form which fields on the form, if any, are required.
(3) Allow the litigant’s or their attorney of record’s signature to be made electronically.
(d)  Upon completion of the forms described in subdivision (a), requests to a marshal or sheriff, including their department or office, to serve a notice or other process pursuant to Section 26666 shall be made on the Judicial Council form or forms. No sheriff or marshal, including their department or office, shall require completion of a form or request other than the Judicial Council form or forms described in this section.
(e)  Pursuant to Section 7927.430, the Judicial Council form or forms and the information contained therein shall not be subject to disclosure and shall be kept confidential.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 417, Sec. 6. (AB 2791) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 4 - Liability › Section 26680.

26680. If on demand the sheriff neglects or refuses to pay over to the person entitled any money which comes into his or her hands by virtue of his or her office, after deducting all legal fees, the person may recover the amount owed to that person, 25 percent damages, interest at the rate of 10 percent per month from the time of demand, and costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 4, Sec. 5. (AB 680) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 4 - Liability › Section 26685.

26685. Whenever any action is brought against any sheriff, all deputies and employees of the sheriff employed under any civil service or merit system upon whose negligence, wilful or wrongful act, or other default the action is based are necessary parties defendant.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 5 - Badges › Section 26690.

26690. The board of supervisors shall furnish the sheriff and deputy sheriffs with suitable badges of office. Upon the badge of the sheriff shall be inscribed “Sheriff,” and upon those of the deputy sheriffs shall be inscribed “Deputy Sheriff.”
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26720.

26720. For services performed by them sheriffs shall charge and collect the fees fixed in this article.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26720.5.

26720.5. Notwithstanding Section 26720, fees otherwise payable by a litigant pursuant to this article shall be waived or, if paid, refunded, in any case in which the litigant is permitted by the court to proceed in forma pauperis under rules adopted by the Judicial Council pursuant to Section 68511.3.
This section is declaratory of existing law, and the enumeration in this section of fees to be waived shall not be construed to limit the power of the court to waive fees in other instances, as permitted or required under rules adopted by the Judicial Council pursuant to Section 68511.3.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1372.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26720.9.

26720.9. Notwithstanding any other law, the amounts set forth in Sections 26721, 26721.1, 26725, 26728, 26734, 26742, and 26743 shall be fifty dollars ($50).
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 1. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26721.

26721. Except as provided in this article, the fee for serving or executing any process or notice required by law or the litigants to be served shall be the amount described in Section 26720.9, and there shall be no additional fee for substitute service when substitute service is authorized.
However, no fee shall be charged for serving an emergency protective order, protective order, or restraining order issued pursuant to Division 10 of the Family Code (the Domestic Violence Prevention Act) on a respondent who is in custody.
In any case where property has been levied upon and, pursuant to the levy, a copy of the writ of execution and a notice of levy are required by statute to be served either personally or by mail upon the judgment debtor or other person, no fee shall be charged for that service.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 629, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26721.1.

26721.1. In an action for unlawful detainer, the fee for service of a summons, complaint, and prejudgment claim of right to possession pursuant to Section 415.46 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall be the amount described in Section 26720.9 for all occupants not named in the summons. The fee is not refundable.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 629, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26721.2.

26721.2. (a) For any action commenced in the superior court, the fee for the service of the summons, the complaint for which the summons is issued, and all other documents or notices required to be served with the summons and complaint, is fifty dollars ($50).
(b) The fee for cancellation of the service of a summons prior to its completion is fifty dollars ($50).
(c) The fee for making a not-found return on a summons certifying that the person cannot be found at the address specified is fifty dollars ($50).
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 2. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26722.

26722. The fee for serving, executing, or processing any writ or order where the levying officer is required to take immediate possession of the property levied upon is one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125).
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 3. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26723.

26723. The fee for opening a safe-deposit box pursuant to Sections 488.460 and 700.150 of the Code of Civil Procedure is one hundred seventy dollars ($170).
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 4. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26725.

26725. The fee for serving, executing, or processing a writ of attachment, writ of execution, writ of sale, or order on real estate, as to the initial service or posting of a continuous unbroken parcel or tract, and the fee for serving a record owner other than the defendant shall be the amount described in Section 26720.9.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 629, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26725.1.

26725.1. The fee for serving or posting any additionally required notices or orders on other parcels is twenty-five dollars ($25) each.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 5. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26726.

26726. (a) The fee for keeping and caring for property under a writ of attachment, execution, possession, or sale is one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) when necessarily employed for any eight-hour period or any part thereof. If an additional keeper or keepers are required during these periods, the fee for the additional keeper or keepers shall be the same as fixed, but, in no event shall any one keeper receive more than three hundred fifty dollars ($350) during any 24-hour period when so employed.
(b) In addition to the fees provided by Section 26721, the fee for maintaining custody of property under levy by the use of a keeper is fifty dollars ($50) for each day custody is maintained after the first day.
(c) Notwithstanding any other fee charged, a keeper shall receive seventy-five dollars ($75) when, pursuant to Section 26738, a levying officer prepares a not-found return.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 6. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26727.

26727. The fee for a copy of any writ, process, paper, order, or notice actually made by the sheriff when required or demanded is one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) per page, except that when correct copies are furnished to the sheriff for use no charge shall be made for those copies.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 7. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26728.

26728. The fee for preparing and posting the initial notice of personal property sale under a writ of attachment, execution, or sale or order of court shall be the amount described in Section 26720.9.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 629, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26728.1.

26728.1. The fee for preparing and posting additionally required notices of personal property sales is nineteen dollars ($19) each.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 8. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26729.

26729. The fee for furnishing a notice for publication is nineteen dollars ($19).
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 9. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26730.

26730. The fee for conducting or postponing the sale of real or personal property as required by law or the litigant is one hundred ten dollars ($110).
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 10. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26731.

26731. (a) Twenty-two dollars ($22) of any fee collected by the sheriff’s civil division or marshal under Sections 26721, 26722, 26725, 26726, 26728, 26730, 26733.5, 26734, 26736, 26738, 26742, 26743, 26744, and 26750 shall be deposited in a special fund in the county treasury. A separate accounting of funds deposited shall be maintained for each depositor, and funds deposited shall be for the exclusive use of the sheriff’s civil division or marshal.
(b) Ninety-five percent of the moneys in the special fund shall be expended to supplement the costs of the depositor for the implementation, maintenance, and purchase of auxiliary equipment and furnishings for automated systems or other nonautomated operational equipment and furnishings deemed necessary by the sheriff’s civil division or marshal. Five percent of the moneys in the special fund shall be used to supplement the expenses of the sheriff’s civil division or marshal in administering the funds.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 11. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26732.

26732. The fee for publication of a notice in a newspaper is the reasonable cost of the publication.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1114.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26733.5.

26733.5. The fee for serving a writ of possession of real property on an occupant or the occupants or for posting and serving a copy on the judgment debtor is one hundred five dollars ($105). The additional fee for removing an occupant or occupants from the premises and putting a person in possession of the premises is seventy-five dollars ($75). The fee for reposting a notice to vacate shall be pursuant to Section 26721.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 12. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26734.

26734. The fee for making a levy on personal property already in possession of the officer who is holding it under attachment in the same action shall be the amount described in Section 26720.9.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 629, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26736.

26736. The fee for cancellation of the service or execution of any process or notice, other than a summons, prior to its completion is fifty dollars ($50). The fee provided by this section shall not be charged if a fee is charged pursuant to any other section of this article in attempting to serve or execute the process or notice.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 13. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26738.

26738. The fee for making a not-found return on an affidavit and order, order for appearance, subpoena, writ of attachment, writ of execution, writ of possession, order for delivery of personal property, or other process or notice required to be served, certifying that the person or property cannot be found at the address specified is fifty dollars ($50).
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 14. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26740.

26740. The fee for the execution and delivery of a deed or certificate of redemption is nineteen dollars ($19).
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 15. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26741.

26741. The fee for executing and delivering a certificate or deed of sale is nineteen dollars ($19).
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 16. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26742.

26742. The fee for executing and delivering any other instrument shall be the amount described in Section 26720.9.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 629, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26743.

26743. The fee for subpoenaing a witness, including a copy of the subpoena and any affidavit required to be served therewith, shall be the amount described in Section 26720.9.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 629, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26744.

26744. The fee for serving or executing a bench warrant arising from an order of appearance issued under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 491.160 or subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 708.170 of the Code of Civil Procedure is fifty dollars ($50).
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 277, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26744.5.

26744.5. (a) The fees for processing a warrant issued pursuant to Section 1993 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall be paid by the moving party, as follows:
(1) Fifty dollars ($50) to receive and process the warrant, which shall include the issuance and mailing of a notice advising the person to be arrested of the issuance of the warrant and demanding that the person appear in court.
(2) Fifty dollars ($50) to cancel the service of the warrant.
(3) One hundred five dollars ($105) if unable to find the person at the address specified using due diligence.
(4) One hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) to arrest the person, which shall include the arrest and release of the person on a promise to appear pursuant to Section 1993.2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(b) The in forma pauperis fee waiver provisions under Rules 3.50 to 3.58, inclusive, of the California Rules of Court shall apply to the collection of fees under this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 17. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26745.

26745. The fee for summoning a trial jury of 12 or less is two dollars ($2), and for each additional juror, ten cents ($0.10).
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26746.

26746. (a) In addition to any other fees required by law, a processing fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be assessed for each disbursement of money collected under a writ of attachment, execution, possession, or sale, but excluding any action by the local child support agency for the establishment or enforcement of a child support obligation. The fee shall be collected from the judgment debtor in addition to, and in the same manner as, the moneys collected under the writ. All proceeds of this fee shall be deposited in a special fund in the county treasury. A separate accounting of funds deposited shall be maintained for each depositor, and funds deposited shall be for the exclusive use of the depositor.
(b) The special fund shall be expended to supplement the county’s cost for vehicle fleet replacement and equipment, maintenance, and civil process operations, including data systems and consultant services.
(c) A processing fee shall not be charged pursuant to this section if the only disbursement is the return of the judgment creditor’s deposit for costs.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 18. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26746.1.

26746.1. (a) A twenty-five-dollar ($25) fee shall be assessed by the sheriff or marshal for certification of correction on each citation that requires inspection for proof of correction of any violation pursuant to Section 40616 of the Vehicle Code.
(b) All proceeds of the fee shall be deposited in a special fund in the county treasury. A separate accounting of funds deposited shall be maintained for each depositor, and funds deposited shall be for the exclusive use of the sheriff’s civil division or marshal.
(c) Ninety-five percent of the moneys in the special fund shall be expended to supplement the costs of the depositor for the implementation, maintenance, and purchase of auxiliary equipment and furnishings for automated systems or other nonautomated operational equipment and furnishings deemed necessary by the sheriff’s civil division or marshal. Five percent of the moneys in the special fund shall be used to supplement the expenses of the sheriff’s civil division or marshal in administering the funds.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 19. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26747.

26747. For transporting prisoners to the county jail, the sheriff shall charge the actual cost of such transportation.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26748.

26748. In addition to the fees provided by this article, the sheriff may collect from the litigant or person requiring his services, his actual expenses for inspection, checking, releasing, or any other handling of property under his custody, charge, or keeping pursuant to any process, writ, order, paper, or notice, and actual postal charges paid for mailing by registered mail or certified mail any notice or demand required or authorized by law to be sent by registered mail or certified mail.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26749.

26749. The sheriff shall receive expenses necessarily incurred in conveying persons to and from the state hospitals and in conveying persons to and from the state prisons or other state institutions, or to other destinations for the purpose of deportation to other states, or in advancing actual traveling expenses to any person committed to a state institution who is permitted to report to an institution without escort, which expenses shall be allowed as provided by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 4750) of Title 5 of Part 3 of the Penal Code for cases subject to that chapter, and, otherwise, by the Department of General Services and paid by the state.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 31, Sec. 153. (SB 836) Effective June 27, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26750.

26750. (a) The fee for serving an earnings withholding order under the Wage Garnishment Law (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 706.010) of Division 2 of Title 9 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure), including, but not limited to, the costs of postage or traveling, and for performing all other duties of the levying officer under that law with respect to the levy shall be forty-five-dollars ($45).
(b) Except as provided in Section 26746, the levying officer shall not charge additional fees, costs, or expenses for performing the duties under the Wage Garnishment Law (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 706.010) of Division 2 of Title 9 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure).
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 29, Sec. 20. (SB 564) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 7 - Fees › Section 26751.

26751. After possession is taken of any vehicle by or on behalf of any legal owner thereof under the terms of a security agreement or lease agreement, the debtor shall pay the sheriff a fee of fifteen dollars ($15) for the receipt and filing of the report of repossession pursuant to Section 28 of the Vehicle Code before the vehicle may be redeemed by the debtor. Except as provided herein, any person in possession of the vehicle shall not release it to the debtor without first obtaining proof of payment of the fee to the sheriff. At the request of the debtor, a person in possession of the vehicle, or the legal owner, may also release the vehicle to the debtor provided the debtor pays the fifteen dollar ($15) fee, plus an administrative fee not to exceed five dollars ($5), to the person in possession or the legal owner, who shall transmit the fifteen dollar ($15) fee to the sheriff within three business days. The failure to transmit the fee within three business days shall subject the person in possession or legal owner receiving the fee from the debtor to a fine of fifty dollars ($50). The proof of payment, or a copy thereof, shall be retained by the party releasing possession to the debtor for the period required by law, and the party releasing possession shall provide a copy of the proof of payment to the debtor upon request of the debtor.
(Amended (as added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1269) by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1114, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 8 - Transportation of Prisoners › Section 26775.

26775. The boards of supervisors of two or more counties may enter into a contract pursuant to this article.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1138.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 8 - Transportation of Prisoners › Section 26776.

26776. The contract may provide, with respect to any situation in which, under the law, a sheriff is authorized to transport a prisoner from the sheriff’s own county to a point in another county, or is authorized to take a prisoner into custody in another county and transport him to the sheriff’s own county, that a sheriff of either of the contracting counties shall perform such function.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1138.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 8 - Transportation of Prisoners › Section 26777.

26777. In any case in which a sheriff, acting pursuant to a contract entered into under this article, takes a prisoner into custody and transports him, such action shall be deemed lawful to the same extent as if he were the sheriff for whom he is performing such service.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1138.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff › ARTICLE 8 - Transportation of Prisoners › Section 26778.

26778. A contract entered into under this article shall provide for compensation to the county whose sheriff is performing the service by the county for whose sheriff the service is performed, in an amount approximating the cost of the service.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1138.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - County Clerk › ARTICLE 1 - Duties › Section 26801.

26801. Except as otherwise provided by law, the county clerk shall act as clerk of the board of supervisors in the county.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 263, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - County Clerk › ARTICLE 1 - Duties › Section 26802.

26802. Except as provided by law, the county clerk shall register as voters any electors who apply for registration and shall perform any other duties required of him or her by the Elections Code. In those counties in which a registrar of voters office has been established, the registrar of voters shall discharge all duties vested by law in the county clerk that relate to and are a part of election procedure.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 811, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - County Clerk › ARTICLE 1 - Duties › Section 26802.5.

26802.5. In the Counties of El Dorado, Imperial, Kings, Lake, Marin, Merced, Modoc, Monterey, Napa, Riverside, San Joaquin, Solano, and Tulare, a registrar of voters may be appointed by the board of supervisors in the same manner as other county officers are appointed. In those counties, the county clerk is not ex officio registrar of voters, and the registrar of voters shall discharge all duties vested by law in the county elections official that relate to and are a part of the election procedure.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 12, Sec. 1. (AB 254) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - County Clerk › ARTICLE 1 - Duties › Section 26803.

26803. He shall take charge of and safely keep, or dispose of pursuant to law, all books, papers, and records which are filed or deposited in his office pursuant to law.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - County Clerk › ARTICLE 1 - Duties › Section 26803.5.

26803.5. Each regulation and order of repeal of a regulation filed with a county clerk pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 11380) of Chapter 4.5, Part 1, Division 3, Title 2, of this code shall be retained in an active file, available for public inspection, until receipt by the county clerk of the next California Administrative Register or supplement to the California Administrative Code in which such regulation, order of repeal or notice thereof, is published.
The county clerk shall at all times keep a complete current set of the California Administrative Code, and the California Administrative Register available for public inspection.
If the county clerk of any county in this state is satisfied that the code and register will be maintained in accordance with the requirements of this section, he may delegate the authority to receive filings on his behalf and to maintain the code and register on his behalf to a paid county law librarian or to the librarian in charge of the county library.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 449.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - County Clerk › ARTICLE 1 - Duties › Section 26805.

26805. The clerk must keep a calendar of all criminal actions pending in the court, enumerating them according to the date of the filing of the indictment or information, specifying opposite the title of each action whether it is for a felony or a misdemeanor, and whether the defendant is in custody or on bail.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 897, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - County Clerk › ARTICLE 1 - Duties › Section 26806.

26806. (a) In counties having a population of 900,000 or over, the clerk of the court may employ as many foreign language interpreters as may be necessary to interpret in criminal cases in the superior court, and in the juvenile court within the county and to translate documents intended for filing in any civil or criminal action or proceeding or for recordation in the county recorder’s office.
(b) The clerk of the superior court, shall, when interpreters are needed, assign the interpreters so employed to interpret in criminal and juvenile cases in the superior court. When their services are needed, the clerk shall also assign interpreters so employed to interpret in criminal cases in municipal courts.
(c) The clerk of the court may also assign the interpreters so employed to interpret in civil cases in superior and municipal courts when their services are not required in criminal or juvenile cases and when so assigned, they shall collect from the litigants the fee fixed by the court and shall deposit the same in the county treasury.
(d) The interpreters so employed shall, when assigned to do so by the clerk of the court, translate documents to be recorded or to be filed in any civil or criminal action or proceeding. The fee to be collected for translating each such document shall be three dollars ($3) per folio for the first folio or part thereof, and two cents ($0.02) for each word thereafter. For preparing a carbon copy of such translation made at the time of preparing the original, the fee shall be twelve cents ($0.12) per folio or any part thereof. All such fees shall be deposited in the county treasury.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 118, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - County Clerk › ARTICLE 1 - Duties › Section 26807.

26807. The county clerk shall keep an official seal of his office for use when performing official duties other than ex officio duties which shall, when embossed, stamped, impressed or affixed to a certification, show legibly. Such seal shall: (a) be circular in shape; (b) be not less than 1
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inches in diameter; (c) have in the center any words or design adopted by the county clerk; (d) have inscribed around the central words or design, “County Clerk, ____ County, California”, inserting therein the name of the county.
Nothing contained herein shall prohibit a county clerk from continuing to use a seal of a design different than that specified herein if such seal has customarily been used prior to the effective date of this section.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 564.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - County Clerk › ARTICLE 1 - Duties › Section 26808.

26808. The county clerk shall distribute to persons applying for a marriage license a list of family planning and birth control clinics located in the county, which shall be prepared by the county health officer.
If there is a marriage license bureau within the county clerk’s office, the list shall be distributed by the marriage license bureau.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1208.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - County Clerk › ARTICLE 1 - Duties › Section 26809.

26809. Unless another provision of law requires a longer retention period, the county clerk may destroy or otherwise dispose of any paper or document filed with or submitted to him or her more than one year previously, if he or she determines that there is no need for its retention. In determining whether there is a need for retaining a paper or document, consideration shall be given to such factors as future public need, the effect of statutes of limitation, and historical significance.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 953, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - County Clerk › ARTICLE 1 - Duties › Section 26810.

26810. (a) The clerk of the superior court may cause the following documents to be photographed, microphotographed, photocopied, electronically imaged, or otherwise reproduced on film and stored in that form:
(1) A document transferred to the clerk under Section 732 of the Probate Code.
(2) A will delivered to the clerk of the superior court under Section 8200 of the Probate Code if the clerk has held the will for at least 10 years.
(b) The photograph, microphotograph, photocopy, or electronic image shall be made in a manner that meets the minimum standards or guidelines recommended by the American National Standards Institute or the Association for Information and Image Management. All these photographs, microphotographs, photocopies, and electronic images shall be indexed, and shall be stored in a manner and place that reasonably assures their preservation indefinitely against loss, theft, defacement, or destruction.
(c) Before proof of death of the maker of a document or will referred to in subdivision (a), the photographs, microphotographs, photocopies, and electronic images shall be confidential, and shall be made available only to the maker. After proof of death of the maker of the document or will by a certified copy of the death certificate, the photographs, microphotographs, photocopies, and electronic images shall be public records.
(d) Section 26809 does not apply to a will or other document referred to in subdivision (a), or to the reproduction authorized by this section.
(e) Upon making the reproduction authorized by this section, the clerk of the superior court may destroy the original document.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 519, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)