Placer — Declaration Regarding Due Diligence

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ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY FOR COURT USE ONLY (Name, State Bar Number, and Address):

TELEPHONE NO.: FAX NO.: EMAIL ADDRESS: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF PLACER 10820 Justice Center Drive 2501 N. Lake Blvd. P.O. Box 619072 P.O. Box 5669 Roseville, CA 95661-9072 Tahoe City, CA 96145

PETITIONER:

RESPONDENT: DECLARATION RE: DUE DILIGENCE CASE NUMBER: (CCP §415.10 – 415.50)

I, _______________________________, declare as follows:

1. I am the Petitioner Respondent Other party _______________ in the above titled matter.
2. I have been unable to locate the whereabouts of the Petitioner Respondent Other party _______________.
3. The Petition in this action was filed on __________.
4. The Summons was issued on The Petition for a Restraining Order was filed on ___________ and temporary orders were issued on _______________.

I, ________________________________, am requesting the following:

1. I am requesting to serve the Summons by: Posting Publication OR

2. I am requesting to serve a document other than a Summons by: US Mail Posting Publication. The document I am requesting to serve is: __________________________________________________ (If you are requesting to serve by posting or publication this declaration may be used as an attachment to form FL-980 Application for Order for Publication or Posting.)

3. In addition to the form of service mentioned above, I am also requesting to send a copy of the documents to the other party by Email at _______________________ Text message at _________________________. I know the Petitioner Respondent Other party _______________ email and/or telephone number because of the following reasons: __________ _______________________________________________________________________________

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(IMPORTANT: SERVICE BY EMAIL OR TEXT MESSAGE ALONE IS NOT SUFFICIENT SERVICE. You must request one of the first forms of service, depending on the document being served (US Mail, Posting or Publication) in addition to a secondary form of service.)

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I, , further declare as follows:

1. The Petitioner’s Respondent’s Other party’s _______________ last known residence address is:

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2. The Petitioner’s Respondent’s Other party’s _______________ last known mailing address (if different than their residence address) is:

I have made efforts to gather address and contact information to locate the Petitioner(s) Respondent(s) Other party ( ) _____________. Efforts to obtain information include the following:

1. I or my agent for service of process, _____________________________, have attempted to contact the person at their last known address by going to their residence & knocking on their door as follows: a) (Provide dates/times) OR b) See attached affidavit of due diligence setting forth the date/times. i) The result of these efforts have been as follows: (1) No one was home or no one answered the door, OR (2) Someone was home or someone answered the door and provided information regarding the whereabouts of the person to be served or provided no information as follows:

   I or my agent for service of process made contact with or attempted to make contact with people in the vicinity or neighbors to the last known residence address. c) Please describe your efforts and describe whether you were able to gather any information about the whereabouts of the person you are trying to serve, include any information you gathered: ____________

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2. On (provide date) __________ I researched an online or a print telephone directory for the Petitioner’s Respondent’s Other party _______ name and/or address and/or telephone number. I searched the following directory’s and in each I found the information indicated OR did not find any information: a) Directory Name: I found: b) Directory Name: I found: c) Directory Name: I found: (Attach additional page if you searched more than three separate directories.)

3. On (provide date) __________ I have searched the following internet/social media sites (to include, but not limited to, Facebook, Google, Instagram, Twitter, Threads, etc.) to find contact or address information regarding the Petitioner Respondent Other party _______________. I searched the

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following sites and for each site I found the information indicated (If you did not find any information please write “no information found”): a) Site: I found: b) Site: I found: c) Site: I found: d) Site: I found: e) Site: I found: (Attach additional page if you searched more than five separate internet/social media sites.) 4) I don’t know the person’s last place of employment and did not contact any place of employment. 5) On (provide date) __________ I have contacted or attempted to contact the Petitioner’s Respondent’s Other party’s ___________ last known place of employment: a) Employer/address: b) Approximate dates employed there: c) Information gathered: d) I was unable to contact the last known place of employment because: __________________________ 6) I don’t know any of the person’s relatives and did not contact any. 7) On (provide date) __________ I have contacted or attempted to contact the Petitioner’s Respondent’s Other party’s _________ relatives. These are the people I contacted or attempted to contact: a) Name: Information: b) Name: Information: c) I was unable to contact relatives because: ____________________________________________________________________________________ (Attach additional page if you contacted or attempted contact with more than two separate relatives.) 8) I don’t know any of the person’s friends or acquaintances and did not contact any. 9) On (provide date) __________ I have contacted or attempted to contact the Petitioner’s Respondent’s Other party’s _________ friends or acquaintances. These are the people I contacted or attempted to contact: a) Name: Information: b) Name: Information: c) I was unable to contact friends or acquaintances because: ____________________________________________________________________________________

(Attach additional page if you contacted or attempted contact with more than two separate friends/acquaintances.)

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10. On (provide date) __________ I have contacted went to the County Tax Assessors where I believe the Petitioner Respondent Other party _______________ may own real property. I researched as follows: a) County: Contact Info: i) I found the person did not own property in the County. ii) I found the person does own property in the County but was not able to obtain a residence address for service of process. (1) The address of the property is _____________________________. This is a residential property, commercial property, land/lot. iii) I found the person does own property in the County and did obtain a mailing address. That mailing address is .

b) After I contacted the County Tax Assessors Office I was able to gather additional information as follows: c) Even though I believe the person owns property in ______________ County I was unable to contact the County Tax Assessors Office because: ____________________________________________________

11. On (provide date) __________ I have checked with the local hospitals and/or jails in the location of the Petitioner’s Respondent’s Other party _______________ last known residence address and the person was not in the hospital or in jail. I checked with the following places: a) Jail (Name and Address): b) Jail (Name and Address): c) Hospital (Name and Address): d) Hospital (Name and Address): (Attach additional page if you contacted more than the above listed locations.)
12. My other efforts to locate the person include: (Attach additional page if you need more room.)
13. I believe the Petitioner Respondent Other party _______________ is avoiding service for the following reasons: _______________________________________________________________________

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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and
correct. Executed on at , California.

By: ____________________________________________________ (Signature)

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(Print Name)

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