Service of process: private investigators.

Existing law requires a person to be granted access to a gated community for a reasonable period of time for the purpose of performing lawful service of process or service of a subpoena, upon identifying to the guard the person or persons to be served, and upon displaying a current driver's license or other identification and specified documentation to show the individual is either acting as a representative of a county sheriff or marshal or is a registered process server. This bill would also require a person to be granted access to a gated community for service of process, under the circumstances described above, upon displaying evidence of licensure as a private investigator. This bill would state that it is not the intent of the Legislature in enacting this act to abrogate or modify the holding of the court in Bein v. Brechtel-Jochim Group, Inc. (1992) 6 Cal.App.4th 1387, relating to service upon a guard in a gated community.