Civil procedure: service and fees: sheriffs.

(1) In an action against a sheriff, existing law provides that any person who is a citizen of the United States over the age of 18 years is authorized to serve all process and orders in that action, as specified. This bill would instead authorize any person to serve all process and orders in an action against a sheriff. (2) Existing law requires, when a gated community is staffed by a guard or other security personnel assigned to control access to the community, that a person be granted access to the gated community for a reasonable period of time to perform service of process or service of a subpoena, upon identifying to the guard the person or persons to be served, as specified. This bill would remove the requirement that a person identify the person or persons to be served to the guard or security personnel before being granted access to the gated community. (3) Existing law authorizes a sheriff or marshal, for any order or injunction relating to harassment, workplace violence, domestic violence, or elder abuse, for which the sheriff or marshal provides service of process, to notify the protected person by electronic or telephonic means that the order or injunction has been served on the restrained person, as specified. This bill would remove the requirement that an order or injunction be related to harassment, workplace violence, domestic violence, or elder abuse, and would authorize the sheriff to provide the notification by publishing notice of service of process on the sheriff's Internet Web site. (4) Existing law prescribes fees for serving, executing, and processing required court notices, writs, orders, and other services provided by sheriffs and marshals. This bill would revise and increase the fees for services provided by sheriffs or marshals, as specified.