California Penal Code

§ 4013

PEN § 4013 Effective Jan 1, 2023Title 4 · Part 3 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)A warden, sheriff, or jailer upon whom a paper in a judicial proceeding, directed to an incarcerated person in the custody of the warden, sheriff, or jailer, is served, shall forthwith deliver the paper to the incarcerated person, with a note thereon of the time of its service. The warden, sheriff, or jailer is liable to the incarcerated person for all damages occasioned thereby for neglecting to do so.

(b)Service directed to a person who is incarcerated within any institution in this state may be served by any person who may lawfully serve process.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 255, Sec. 1. (AB 1974) Effective January 1, 2023.