Professions and vocations: process servers: registration.

Existing law, the violation of which is a crime, requires specified natural persons, corporations, and partnerships to register, in the county in which they reside or in which their principal place of business is located, a certificate of registration as a process server. Existing law also requires a registrant, upon initial filing, to submit to a fingerprint check to verify that the registrant has not been convicted of a felony, and specifies procedures for revoking or suspending a certificate of registration. This bill would require a registrant to submit to the fingerprint check also upon renewal of a lapsed certificate of registration. Because the bill would impose additional requirements on process servers, the violation of which would be a crime, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.