{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-1162","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 1162","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the notices required by Sections 1161 and 1161a may be served by any of the following methods:\n(1) By delivering a copy to the tenant personally.\n(2) If he or she is absent from his or her place of residence, and from his or her usual place of business, by leaving a copy with some person of suitable age and discretion at either place, and sending a copy through the mail addressed to the tenant at his or her place of residence.\n(3) If such place of residence and business cannot be ascertained, or a person of suitable age or discretion there can not be found, then by affixing a copy in a conspicuous place on the property, and also delivering a copy to a person there residing, if such person can be found; and also sending a copy through the mail addressed to the tenant at the place where the property is situated. Service upon a subtenant may be made in the same manner.\n(b) The notices required by Section 1161 may be served upon a commercial tenant by any of the following methods:\n(1) By delivering a copy to the tenant personally.\n(2) If he or she is absent from the commercial rental property, by leaving a copy with some person of suitable age and discretion at the property, and sending a copy through the mail addressed to the tenant at the address where the property is situated.\n(3) If, at the time of attempted service, a person of suitable age or discretion is not found at the rental property through the exercise of reasonable diligence, then by affixing a copy in a conspicuous place on the property, and also sending a copy through the mail addressed to the tenant at the address where the property is situated. Service upon a subtenant may be made in the same manner.\n(c) For purposes of subdivision (b), “commercial tenant” means a person or entity that hires any real property in this state that is not a dwelling unit, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1940 of the Civil Code, or a mobilehome, as defined in Section 798.3 of the Civil Code.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PART 3. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE [1063. - 1822.60.]","TITLE 3. OF SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS [1132. - 1179a.]","CHAPTER 4. Summary Proceedings for Obtaining Possession of Real Property in Certain Cases [1159. - 1179a.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"c9774d5beedd6c94a5b84356832e35fe2b08fa3518632635a52730ee357ee3f2","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-1161b","next":"us-ca/ccp-1162a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}