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Section 26720.

26720. For services performed by them sheriffs shall charge and collect the fees fixed in this article. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

Section 26720.5.

26720.5. Notwithstanding Section 26720, fees otherwise payable by a litigant pursuant to this article shall be waived or, if paid, refunded, in any case in which the litigant is permitted by the court to proceed in forma pauperis under rules adopted by the Judicial Council pursuant to Section 68511.3. This section is declaratory of existing […]

Section 26720.9.

26720.9. Notwithstanding any other law, the amounts set forth in Sections 26721, 26721.1, 26725, 26728, 26734, 26742, and 26743 shall be forty dollars ($40). (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 470, Sec. 4. (AB 2256) Effective January 1, 2015.)

Section 26721.

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 shall be the amount described in Section 26720.9, and there shall be no additional fee for substitute service when substitute service is authorized. However, no fee shall be charged […]

Section 26721.1.

26721.1. In an action for unlawful detainer, the fee for service of a summons, complaint, and prejudgment claim of right to possession pursuant to Section 415.46 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall be the amount described in Section 26720.9 for all occupants not named in the summons. The fee is not refundable. (Amended by […]

Section 26721.2.

26721.2. (a) For any action commenced in the superior court, the fee for the service of the summons, the complaint for which the summons is issued, and all other documents or notices required to be served with the summons and complaint, is forty dollars ($40). (b) The fee for cancellation of the service of a summons prior […]

Section 26722.

26722. The fee for serving, executing, or processing any writ or order where the levying officer is required to take immediate possession of the property levied upon is one hundred dollars ($100). (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 470, Sec. 6. (AB 2256) Effective January 1, 2015.)

Section 26723.

26723. The fee for opening a safe-deposit box pursuant to Sections 488.460 and 700.150 of the Code of Civil Procedure is one hundred thirty-five dollars ($135). (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 470, Sec. 7. (AB 2256) Effective January 1, 2015.)

Section 26725.

26725. The fee for serving, executing, or processing a writ of attachment, writ of execution, writ of sale, or order on real estate, as to the initial service or posting of a continuous unbroken parcel or tract, and the fee for serving a record owner other than the defendant shall be the amount described in […]

Section 26725.1.

26725.1. The fee for serving or posting any additionally required notices or orders on other parcels is twenty dollars ($20) each. (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 470, Sec. 8. (AB 2256) Effective January 1, 2015.)

Section 26726.

26726. (a) The fee for keeping and caring for property under a writ of attachment, execution, possession, or sale is one hundred forty dollars ($140) when necessarily employed for any eight-hour period or any part thereof. If an additional keeper or keepers are required during these periods, the fee for the additional keeper or keepers shall […]

Section 26727.

26727. The fee for a copy of any writ, process, paper, order, or notice actually made by him or her when required or demanded is one dollar ($1) per page, except that when correct copies are furnished to him or her for use no charge shall be made for those copies. (Amended by Stats. 2014, […]

Section 26728.

26728. The fee for preparing and posting the initial notice of personal property sale under a writ of attachment, execution, or sale or order of court shall be the amount described in Section 26720.9. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 629, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2001.)

Section 26728.1.

26728.1. The fee for preparing and posting additionally required notices of personal property sales is fifteen dollars ($15) each. (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 470, Sec. 11. (AB 2256) Effective January 1, 2015.)

Section 26729.

26729. The fee for furnishing a notice for publication is fifteen dollars ($15). (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 470, Sec. 12. (AB 2256) Effective January 1, 2015.)

Section 26730.

26730. The fee for conducting or postponing the sale of real or personal property as required by law or the litigant is ninety dollars ($90). (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 470, Sec. 13. (AB 2256) Effective January 1, 2015.)

Section 26731.

26731. (a) Eighteen dollars ($18) of any fee collected by the sheriff’s civil division or marshal under Sections 26721, 26722, 26725, 26726, 26728, 26730, 26733.5, 26734, 26736, 26738, 26742, 26743, 26744, and 26750 shall be deposited in a special fund in the county treasury. A separate accounting of funds deposited shall be maintained for each depositor, […]

Section 26732.

26732. The fee for publication of a notice in a newspaper is the reasonable cost of the publication. (Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1114.)

Section 26733.5.

26733.5. The fee for serving a writ of possession of real property on an occupant or the occupants or for posting and serving a copy on the judgment debtor is eighty-five dollars ($85). The additional fee for removing an occupant or occupants from the premises and putting a person in possession of the premises is […]

Section 26734.

26734. The fee for making a levy on personal property already in possession of the officer who is holding it under attachment in the same action shall be the amount described in Section 26720.9. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 629, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2001.)