State statute
San Francisco — Service By Posting
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- 2026-09-26
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- 2026-09-27
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San Francisco — Service By Posting¶
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(Fill in Your Name, Address and Telephone number:) APPLICATION
In Pro Per or
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
IN THE MARRIAGE OF: ) ) Case No. ) ) (Petitioner) ) APPLICATION FOR ORDER ) FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS BY v. ) POSTING AND MAILING TO LAST ) KNOWN ADDRESS; AND ) (Respondent) ) DECLARATION IN SUPPORT ) ___________________________________ )
APPLICATION
I am the Petitioner. I filed for divorce against Respondent on . (date the Petition was filed:)
Respondent is a necessary party to the action, and the court has issued a Summons.
I do not know the whereabouts of the Respondent. For this reason, I cannot serve my divorce papers as required by the law (Code of Civil Procedure Sec. 415.10 et seq., and the Unified Family Court Local Rules).
I have done a reasonable diligence search as shown by the Declaration below.
I am requesting an Order allowing service by posting the Petition and Summons on the public bulletin board located in Room 103 of the San Francisco County Civic Center Courthouse
Application for Order for Service of Process by Posting and Mailing to Last Known Address and Declaration In Support
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at 400 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, and also by mailing a copy of the Petition and Summons to Respondent’s last known address.
I can’t afford the cost of publishing the Summons in a newspaper.
When I filed for divorce, I did ask for a Fee Waiver.
My Fee Waiver is pending.
My income is $ _______________________ per m onth to support _____________ person(s) (number of people you support).
WHEREFORE, I ask that the Court give me an Order allowing service of my Petition and
Summons on Respondent by posting in the public bulletin board located in Room 103 of the
SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY CIVIC CENTER COURTHOUSE at 400 McAllister Street, San
Francisco, CA 94102 and also by mailing these documents to Respondent’s last known address
(pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 413.30).
Date: ___________________________
Name: Signature: _____________________________ In Pro Per
Application for Order for Service of Process by Posting and Mailing to Last Known Address and Declaration In Support
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DECLARATION
DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION
FOR POSTING and MAILING TO LAST KNOWN ADDRESS
I, (your name here) declare:
Respondent’s name is (Respondent’s name here):
His/her last known address is (last known address must be included here even if you know they don’t live there:)
__________________________________________________________________________________.
I last saw Respondent on or about the following date: _____________________________________.
I lost track of Respondent in the following way (Explain your situation. This is where you get to tell the Judge how you lost track of the Respondent.):
I hav e done a recent search with all relatives, friends, recent employers, and other persons likely to know where the Respondent is.
This is the infor mation I found out: ( List here the dates, the addresses and the names of the people you spoke with. Tell the Court what happened. Give a lot of detail so you will have a better chance that your Application will be granted.)
Application for Order for Service of Process by Posting and Mailing to Last Known Address and Declaration In Support
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(answer to question 5 continued):
- I also d id a recen t search of pu blic records, telephone directories , tax records and Department of Child Support Services and Department of Election Records (at City Hall). This is the inf ormation I found out: (Again, give a lot of detail, including the dates and the places you looked).
The result was:
- On (date): ________________________, I checked the telephone directory or called directory
assistance for the city (or cities) of:
The result was:
- On (date): ________________________, checked the tax records and Department of Election records at City Hall.
The result was:
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I also called the Department of Child Support, located at 617 Mission Street. They told me the following:
I also looked in these other places or spoke to these other people:
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of th e State of California that the above is true and correct.
Date: __________________________
Name: Signature: _____________________________ In Pro Per
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Application for Order for Service of Process by Posting and Mailing to Last Known Address and Declaration In Support
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(Attach this to the Proof of Service by Mail DECLARATION and file them together) AFTER POSTING
Case No.________________________
(Petitioner) ATTACHMENT TO PROOF OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS; v. DECL ARATION REGARDING POSTING OF PETITION FOR DISSOLUT ION AND SUMMONS
(Respondent)
I am the Petitioner in this case.
I declare that a copy of the Petition for di ssolution and Summons was posted on the Public Bulletin Board located in the San F rancisco Civic Center C ourthouse, Clerk’s Office in Room 103 at 400 McAllister Street on (date):____________.
The Petition for Dissolution and Summ ons were posted for 28 consecutive days until (date):_______________.
The Petition for Dissolution and Summons were mailed to Respondent at his/her last known address on (date): ______________.
Based on this, I believe the Court ac quired jurisdiction over Respondent on (date): _______________.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of th e State of California that the above is true and correct.
Date: __________________________
Name: Signature: _____________________________
In Pro Per
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DECLARATION AFTER POSTING
Attachment to Proof of Service of Summons; Declaration Regarding Posting of Petition for Dissolution and Summons