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Cal. Corporations Code § 1701 (2026)

Service of Process

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Delivery by hand of a copy of any process against the corporation (a) to any natural person designated by it as agent or (b), if a corporate agent has been designated, to any person named in the latest certificate of the corporate agent filed pursuant to Section 1505 at the office of such corporate agent shall constitute valid service on the corporation.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2020–2025 · leading case: Freshko Produce Servs., Inc. v. ILA Prods., Inc. (E.D. Cal. 2020).
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Freshko Produce Servs., Inc. v. ILA Prods., Inc. (E.D. Cal. 2020). “25 corporation can be validly served through: 1) a designated agent for service of process; 2) enumerated officers or a person authorized to receive service; 3) a cashier or assistant of a banking corporation; or 4) where the party attempting service 26 cannot with reasonable…”
Freshko Produce Servs., Inc. v. ILA Prods., Inc. (E.D. Cal. 2020). “25 corporation can be validly served through: 1) a designated agent for service of process; 2) enumerated officers or a person authorized to receive service; 3) a cashier or assistant of a banking corporation; or 4) where the party attempting service 26 cannot with reasonable…”
SUPERVALU Inc. v. Virgin Scent Inc. (D. Minn. 2022). “See also Cal. Corp. Code § 1701 . As stated above, Yaakov is Defendant’s designated agent for service of process and the Gardena, California address the designated address for such service.”
Indian Hills Holdings, LLC v. Frye (S.D. Cal. 2020). “See CAL. CORP. CODE §§ 1701: 27 111702. Similarly, Sections 3301 to 3303 govern social purpose corporations, and as such 28 do not apply to this case.”
Vanrooy v. Jacobes-Downing-Hughes CA3 (Cal. Ct. App. 2025). “50; Corp. Code, §§ 1701, 1702.) Despite this, plaintiff made no attempts to serve defendant in any manner between October 2020 and the date service was completed in August 2023.”
Soliman v. Virgin Atl. Airways Ltd. CA1/5 (Cal. Ct. App. 2025). “4th 1426, 1436 (Dill); see also Corp. Code, §§ 1701, 2110; Code Civ. Proc.”
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