§ 26608 Sheriff Process Service Duties

• •The sheriff has to deliver legal papers the right way.
• •They can't just hand papers to anyone—they must follow the rules.
• •If the sheriff doesn’t do it correctly, the papers might not count.

You get sued, and the sheriff gives the papers to your neighbor instead of you.

The sheriff didn’t follow the rules, so the lawsuit papers might not be valid, and the case could get delayed or thrown out.