2020 California Code
Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS
TITLE 5 - JURISDICTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS
CHAPTER 4 - Service of Summons
ARTICLE 4 - Persons Upon Whom Summons May Be Served
Section 416.40.

Universal Citation:
CA Civ Pro Code § 416.40 (2020)
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416.40.  

A summons may be served on an unincorporated association (including a partnership) by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint:

(a) If the association is a general or limited partnership, to the person designated as agent for service of process in a statement filed with the Secretary of State or to a general partner or the general manager of the partnership;

(b) If the association is not a general or limited partnership, to the person designated as agent for service of process in a statement filed with the Secretary of State or to the president or other head of the association, a vice president, a secretary or assistant secretary, a treasurer or assistant treasurer, a general manager, or a person authorized by the association to receive service of process;

(c) When authorized by Section 18220 of the Corporations Code, as provided by that section.

(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 178, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.)

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