Larry W. Ward, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder County of Riverside Filing Fee: $132.00 (File Stamp) Bond Required: $2,000.00 Term of Registration: 2 years Live Scan Fingerprinting required if first time filing or if there is a lapse in registration (22350 Business & Professions Code) (See reverse for more information) Applications are subject to public access. CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION AS PROCESS SERVER- INDIVIDUAL California Business & Professions Code Sections 22350, 22351(a), et seq. (PROCESSED MONDAY THRU THURSDAY 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM ONLY) Registrant information The undersigned individual declares that: Name: _______________________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________________________ Age: ________________________ Business Telephone Number: ______________________________ The filing of this registration in the County of _________________________ is appropriate because my residence or principal place of business is located in this County. Have you been a resident of California for at least one year immediately preceding the filing of this certificate? Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If yes, attach a copy of a certificate of rehabilitation, expungement or pardon. Will you perform the duties of a process server in compliance with the provision of law governing the service of process in the State of California? YES NO YES NO YES NO The undersigned declares under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Date: ____________ Signature: _________________________________________________________ For Official Use Only: Date Bond & Registration Expire: ____________________________________ D.O.J. Rpt Rec’d _____________ by _____________ F.B.I. Rpt Rec’d___________ by _____________ Permanent ID card mailed:____________ Expires: _______________ Registration #: ______________ ACR 614 (Rev. 06/2012) Available in Alternate Formats 1 of 2 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com DEFINITION OF A PROCESS SERVER WHO MUST REGISTER Section 22350 Business & Professions Code (a) Any natural person who makes more than 10 services of process within this state during one calendar year, or any partnership or corporation who expects to derive compensation shall file a verified certificate of registration as a process server with the County Clerk of the county in which the individual resides or has his or her principal place of business. (b) This chapter shall not apply to any of the following: (1) Any sheriff, marshal, constable, or government employee who is acting in the course of his/or her employment. (2) An attorney or his/or her employees. (3) Any person who is specially appointed by a court to serve its process. (4) A licensed private investigator or his/or her employees. (5) A professional photocopier registered under Section 22450, or an employee thereof, whose only service of process relates to subpoenas for the production of records, which subpoenas specify that the records be copied by that registered professional photocopier. FILING FEE Section 22352 Business & Professions Code A registrant shall pay a fee of one hundred and thirty-two dollars ($132.00) to the County Clerk at the time he/she files a certificate of registration. ($100.00 filing fee, §22352 Business & Professions Code; $7.00 fee to file Bond, §22353(c) Business & Professions Code; $15.00 recording fee pursuant to §22353(d) Business & Professions Code and §27360 et seq, Government Code (each additional page or fraction thereof is $3.00 per page); and $10.00 Identification Card fee pursuant to §22352(c) & 22355(b) Business & Professions code. NEED FOR FILING BOND Section 2253 Business & Professions Code and 995.440 Code of Civil Procedures (a) A certificate of registration shall be accompanied by a bond of two thousand ($2,000.00) which is executed by a corporate surety qualified to do business in this state and conditioned upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter and all laws governing the service of process in this state. The total aggregate liability on the bond shall be limited to two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). (b) The bond shall be continuous in form, remain in full force and effect, and run concurrently with the license or permit period. Therefore, the bond must specify the effective and expiration date. The bond must be bound to the County of Riverside. FINGERPRINTS Section 22351.5 Business & Professions Code (a) At the time of filing the initial certificate of registration, the registrant shall also submit fingerprints for submission to the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in order to verify that the registrant has not been convicted of a felony. (Fee is $56.00 per set of fingerprints and must be paid to the Live Scan Operator. Effective July 1, 2005, the Department of Justice will only accept live scan submission of fingerprints. You can either go to the County Clerk's Office and pick up a "Live Scan" form or print a form from the Riverside County Assessor – County Clerk – Recorder website at www.riversideacr.com. (b) If, after processing the completed fingerprints, the clerk is advised that the registrant has been convicted of a felony, the presiding judge of the Superior Court of the county in which the certificate of registration is maintained is authorized to review the criminal record and, unless the registrant is able to produce a copy of a certificate of rehabilitation, expungement, or pardon, as specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 22351, notify the registrant that the registration is revoked. An order to show cause for contempt may be issued and served upon any person who fails to surrender a registered process server identification card after a notice of revocation. TERM OF REGISTRATION Section 22354 Business & Professions Code A certificate of registration shall be effective for a period of two (2) years or until the date the bond expires, whichever occurs first. Thereafter, a registrant shall file a new certificate of registration or a renewal of the certificate of registration and pay the fee required by Section 22352. A certificate of registration may be renewed up to 60 days prior to its expiration date and the effective date of the renewal shall be the date the current registration expires. The renewal shall be effective for a period of two (2) years from the effective date or until the expiration date of the bond, whichever occurs first. (A new bond will be required or a Rider, along with the previously recorded bond, extending the expiration of the old bond). (Certificate of Registration may be revoked under provisions of §22351.5(b), 22357 and 22358 Business & Professions Code.) Process Server must notify County Clerk's office of any changes in information, in writing, within 30 days of the change. IDENTIFICATION CARDS Section 22355 Business & Professions Code A photo identification card is issued to a registrant who is a natural person at a fee of $10.00. The person must present picture I.D. and a photograph, 1¼ "x 1¼", for lamination on identification card. A partnership or corporation is issued one card only at a fee of $10.00. There is no picture on this card. If this is your first filing as a Process Server, you will need to present two photos, one for temporary I.D. card, and one for permanent card. The fee to replace a lost or stolen card is $10.00. INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETION OF CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION 1. 2. 3. Complete Live Scan paperwork and have fingerprints done at a Live Scan location. Submit completed Live Scan paperwork and application to County Clerk Bond in the amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) must accompany the certificate of registration The individual, a partner or an officer of the corporation must appear in person and present governmental issued photo I.D. Form ACR 614 (Rev. 06/2012) Available in Alternate Formats 2 of 2 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com