Are you a California Notary Public? Furthermore are you aware that, as a licensed California Notary Public, you can serve legal documents a maximum of 10 separate times a year without having to formally apply as a licensed process server?
If you are looking to expand your offerings and strengthen your skillset as a public official, taking on process service work orders / jobs can elevate your experience.
There are a variety of different types of legal documents that can be served, whether it be divorce paper work or summons to small claims court. After the documents are served, the job isn’t done yet. You must also fill out the proper proof of service form. This is a vital element of the job that must be done correctly in order for the court to accept the proof of service form. There are different proofs of service forms for the volumes of legal documents that can be served.
CHAPTER 16. Process Servers [22350 – 22360]
( Chapter 16 added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1661. )
22350.
(a) Any natural person who makes more than 10 services of process within this state during one calendar year, for specific compensation or in expectation of specific compensation, where that compensation is directly attributable to the service of process, shall file and maintain a verified certificate of registration as a process server with the county clerk of the county in which he or she resides or has his or her principal place of business. Any corporation or partnership that derives or expects to derive compensation from service of process within this state shall also file and maintain a verified certificate of registration as a process server with the county clerk of the county in which the corporation or partnership has its principal place of business.
READ more here —> California Business and Professions Code 22350