{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-415.21","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 415.21","heading":"","body":"(a) Notwithstanding any other law, any person shall be granted access to a gated community or a covered multifamily dwelling for a reasonable period of time for the sole purpose of performing lawful service of process or service of a subpoena upon displaying a current driver’s license or other identification, and one of the following:\n(1) A badge or other confirmation that the individual is acting in the individual’s capacity as a representative of a county sheriff or marshal, or as an investigator employed by an office of the Attorney General, a county counsel, a city attorney, a district attorney, or a public defender.\n(2) Evidence of current registration as a process server pursuant to Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 22350) of Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code or of licensure as a private investigator pursuant to Chapter 11.3 (commencing with Section 7512) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.\n(b) This section shall only apply to a gated community or a covered multifamily dwelling that is staffed at the time service of process is attempted by a guard or other security personnel assigned to control access to the community or dwelling.\n(c) For purposes of this section, “covered multifamily dwelling” means either of the following:\n(1) An apartment building, including a timeshare apartment building not considered a place of public accommodation or transient lodging, with three or more dwelling units.\n(2) A condominium, including a timeshare condominium not considered a place of public accommodation or transient lodging, with four or more dwelling units.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","TITLE 5. JURISDICTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS [410.10. - 418.11.]","CHAPTER 4. Service of Summons [413.10. - 417.40.]","ARTICLE 3. Manner of Service of Summons [415.10. - 415.95.]"],"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":"e00d68a774919129aa75ddc38fec688ae9d98c0977e3e8e8037954833807e069","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-415.20","next":"us-ca/ccp-415.30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}