Financial Code section 17010

The commissioner shall collect from the plaintiff at the time of service, the sum of two dollars ($2) for each copy of process served on him pursuant to this chapter. This sum shall be recovered by the plaintiff as part of his taxable costs, if he succeeds in the suit or proceeding.

Source: Section 17010, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FIN§ionNum=17010. (updated Jan. 1, 1951; accessed Nov. 9, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/financial_code_section_17010

Original Source: Section 17010, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FIN§ionNum=17010. (last accessed May 12, 2025).