SECTIONS 26660-26665 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 26660-26665

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.

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.

26662. The return of the sheriff upon process or notices is prima
facie evidence of the facts stated in the return.

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.

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.

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.