If service of a notice, paper, or other document is required under this chapter, service shall be made in the same manner as service of process in civil actions generally.
§ 995.030.Manner of Making Service
Title 14. Of Miscellaneous Provisions · Chapter 2. Bonds and Undertakings · Article 1. Preliminary Provisions and Definitions · Enacted 1982 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 28, 2026
In one sentenceSection 995.030 requires that any notice, paper, or other document that this chapter requires to be served be served the same way process is served in civil actions generally.
Full Text of § 995.030
Plain-English Summary
Rather than inventing its own service rules, this chapter borrows the ones litigants already use. Whenever a provision in the Bond and Undertaking Law requires service of a notice, paper, or other document, § 995.030 ties that service to the ordinary rules for serving process in civil actions.
That keeps bond practice consistent with the rest of civil procedure — no separate service scheme to learn for the address requirement in § 995.320, the beneficiary-service duty in § 995.370, or any other notice this chapter calls for.
Frequently Asked Questions
What service rules apply to documents required under this chapter?
The same rules that govern service of process in civil actions generally.
Does this chapter create its own separate service procedure?
No, § 995.030 adopts the general civil service rules instead of setting up a distinct one.
Amendment History
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 998, Sec. 1.
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Last verified July 28, 2026.
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