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Vehicle Code - VEH

DIVISION 9. CIVIL LIABILITY [17000 - 17714]

  ( Division 9 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3. )
  

CHAPTER 1. Civil Liability of Owners and Operators of Vehicles [17000 - 17463]

  ( Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3. )
  

ARTICLE 4. Service of Process [17450 - 17463]
  ( Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3. )

  
17455.  

A notice of service and a copy of the summons and complaint shall be forthwith sent by registered mail by the plaintiff or his attorney to the defendant. Personal service of the notice and a copy of the summons and complaint upon the defendant wherever found outside this State shall be the equivalent of service by mail.

(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)