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SB-1732 Fees.(1991-1992)

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Senate Bill No. 1732
CHAPTER 687

An act to amend Sections 26721, 26736, 26738, and 26742 of, and to add Section 26720.9 to, the Government Code, relating to fees.

[ Filed with Secretary of State  September 14, 1992. Approved by Governor  September 12, 1992. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 1732, Marks. Fees.
Existing law prescribes fees for specified services performed by county sheriffs, relating to service, execution, and delivery of instruments.
This bill would increase specified fees for certain of those services from $21 to $24, operative on July 1, 1993. The bill would then increase those fees to $25 on January 1, 1995, to $26 on January 1, 1997, and to $28 on January 1, 1999.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 26720.9 is added to the Government Code, to read:

26720.9.
 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amounts set forth in Sections 26721, 26736, 26738, and 26742 shall be increased to twenty-five dollars ($25) on January 1, 1995, to twenty-six dollars ($26) on January 1, 1997, and to twenty-eight dollars ($28) on January 1, 1999.

SEC. 2.

 Section 26721 of the Government Code is amended to read:

26721.
 Except as provided in this article, the fee for serving or executing any process or notice required by law or the litigants to be served is twenty-four dollars ($24), and there shall be no additional fee for substitute service when substitute service is authorized.
In any case where property has been levied upon and, pursuant to the levy, a copy of the writ of execution and a notice of levy are required by statute to be served either personally or by mail upon the judgment debtor or other person, no fee shall be charged for that service.

SEC. 3.

 Section 26736 of the Government Code is amended to read:

26736.
 The fee for cancellation of the service or execution of any process or notice prior to its completion is twenty-four dollars ($24). The fee provided by this section shall not be charged where a charge is made pursuant to any other section of this article in attempting to serve or execute the process or notice.

SEC. 4.

 Section 26738 of the Government Code is amended to read:

26738.
 The fee for making a not found return on a summons, affidavit and order, order for appearance, subpoena, writ of attachment, writ of execution, writ of possession, order for delivery of personal property, or other process or notice required to be served, certifying that the person or property cannot be found within the judicial district in which the address specified is situated, is twenty-four dollars ($24).

SEC. 5.

 Section 26742 of the Government Code is amended to read:

26742.
 The fee for executing and delivering any other instrument is twenty-four dollars ($24).

SEC. 6.

 This act shall become operative on July 1, 1993.