Service Notice By Email In Sacramento
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When being served by mail, parties have an additional five calendar days to respond, but with eService parties have an additional two court days (CCP 1010.6 B).
A party or other person may serve documents electronically directly, by an agent, or through a designated electronic filing service provider.
The server must: Be at least 18 years old. Not be part of your case. Give your court papers to the other side by the deadline. Fill out a proof of service form. Give the proof of service form back to you so you can file it with the court.
A party may serve documents electronically directly, by an agent, or through a designated electronic filing service provider. (Subd (c) amended effective January 1, 2016; previously amended effective January 1, 2011.)
However, plaintiffs who opt for this approach also need to post or hand deliver a certificate notifying the recipient that they have received an email with a court summons, effectively still requiring the sending of a hard copy version of the summons.
To answer your question, barring a court order permitting service by text message (which would be exceptionally unusual), it would NOT constitute proper service in any jurisdiction.
When being served by mail, parties have an additional five calendar days to respond, but with eService parties have an additional two court days (CCP 1010.6 B).
Under such circumstances, courts have held that service by e-mail alone comports with due process so long as the plaintiff establishes the e-mail is likely to reach the defendant and the record discloses diligent efforts by the plaintiff to obtain a physical address to effect traditional service, the defendant conducts ...
A party or other person may serve documents electronically directly, by an agent, or through a designated electronic filing service provider.
Court documents can be validly served by email, providing the receiving party has indicated in writing that this is acceptable.
