Civil Procedure
Mar. 6, 2025
Message in a bottle: reconsidering service by publication
In California, service by publication allows a party to notify another by publishing legal notices in a newspaper after reasonable efforts to locate the person fail, though this method is widely seen as a last resort due to its limited effectiveness in ensuring actual notice.
Glendale Courthouse
Ashfaq G. Chowdhury
Judge
Columbia Law School, 2000
Maybe, like me, you sometimes sit around and think about service by publication.
In California, a party may serve another party by publishing the complaint or other court papers in a newspaper in the area where the person to be served is likely to be. (CCP § 415.50(b).) The notice must be published in the paper, once a week for four weeks in a row. (Id.; Gov. Code § 6064.)...
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