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Court Services Division Manual / Volume 6 - Civil Management Bureau (CMB) / Manual of Civil Procedure / 6-07/000.00 Summons and Complaint / 6-07/720.00 Substitute Service

6-07/720.30 Commercial Mail Receiving Agency (CMRA)


6-07/720.20 Artificial Person Defendant (Corporation, Partnership, Etc.)
6-07/720.40 Unknown Business Entity

Pursuant to signed, written instructions to do so, the sheriff may serve process on a Commercial Mail Receiving Agency (CMRA) owner or operator as the agent for service of a person or business that uses a private mailbox for commercial purposes.  A CMRA owner or operator remains the agent for the service of process for up to two years following the termination of the customer’s mail service account.

(BPC 17538.5(c),(d))  Note: Incorporated CSD Directive 96-10 (revised 3/29/96)

If service is made by this method, add 15 days to the last day for service.  The CMRA has 5 days for to send the process by first-class mail to the personal address of the customer and service is deemed complete 10 days after the date of mailing by the CMRA.  The Proof of Service should include BPC 17538 (c), (d).