Bill Text: CA AB2372 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Deposition transcripts: costs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 125, Statutes of 2012. [AB2372 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB2372-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2372	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hill

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add Section 1011.5 to the Code of Civil Procedure,
relating to service of process.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2372, as introduced, Hill. Service of process: attorneys.
   Existing law provides for service of process and other notices by
various means, including by mail or in person, and specifies the
conditions for those various means of service of process.
   This bill would provide that, notwithstanding any other law,
service of process by a client, former client, or officer of the
court is effective upon an attorney if mailed to the address for the
attorney appearing on the attorney's profile on the Internet Web site
of the State Bar.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1011.5 is added to the Code of Civil Procedure,
to read:
   1011.5.  Notwithstanding any other law, service of process upon an
attorney by a client, former client, or officer of the court is
effective upon an attorney if mailed to the address for the attorney
appearing on the attorney's profile on the Internet Web site of the
State Bar.