Electronic Submission Portal
GOV § 26666.5 | State of California
The law states that our office provide a way for the public to send a request electronically. To protect our office and the privacy of your information, you may submit a request for free using our electronic submission portal. You will be charged if correct copies are not furnished to our office for service. The copy fee will be added to the fee for service.
If submitting your request electronically, all fees must be paid in person. For more information, see https://www.fresnosheriff.org/civil/fees-service-type.html.
Submitting your request electronically is not required. You may submit your documents by mail or in person during window hours. See “Service Documents-Request for service” for more information.
https://www.fresnosheriff.org/civil.html
If you cannot come into the office to pay the fee or provide a fee waiver, you should not submit your request electronically. Instead, you can choose another option to have your documents served. See “Service Documents-Request for Service” for more information. https://www.fresnosheriff.org/civil.html
Out of State
If you are out of state, you can only submit Protection Orders/Temporary Orders electronically. All other services MUST be mailed with your payment. See Service Documents (Out of State Request)” https://www.fresnosheriff.org/civil.html
ALL FEES must be paid before the reviewing of any request. If you are choosing to submit your request electronically, you will be provided a ticket number once the submission has been completed. You must include the ticket number with your payment. For all forms of payment, see https://www.fresnosheriff.org/civil/fees-service-type.html.
Unclaimed Ticket Numbers
Once the electronic submission is completed, it will be held for 10 days. If we have not received payment for the electronic submission, the electronic submission will be deleted. You will have to restart a new electronic submission.
Gov 26720
"For services performed by them sheriffs shall charge and collect the fees fixed in this article."
Gov 26666.5 (c)
"This section shall not be construed to require a marshal or sheriff, including their department or office, to attempt service of documents prior to receipt of any fees owed pursuant to this chapter."
Copy Fee
The fee for copies is $1.25 per page. Once your documents are submitted, see the count (number of pages) and multiply it by 1.25. i.e. (40 pages x 1.25 = $50.00).
Gov 26727
"The fee for a copy of any writ, process, paper, order, or notice actually made by the sheriff when required or demanded is one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) per page, except that when correct copies are furnished to the sheriff for use no charge shall be made for those copies."
Fee Waiver
If you have a fee waiver for a case, you must submit the fee waiver prior to completing the online submission. If the request does not have a fee waiver attached, the service will be rejected.
Fee waivers only cover “Sheriff’s Notice” (the service of the documents). It does not cover the cost to make copies.
If you are requesting to have a notice of hearing, temporary order, or order after hearing served, you must make sure the court has given you an endorsed copy. For more information see https://www.fresnosheriff.org/civil/restraining-orders.html
(DV, EA Temporary/Denied/Granted)
FAM 6383
(b) (1) … The petitioner shall provide the officer with an endorsed copy of the order…
If your order is granted, you will not have to pay a fee. If your order is denied, it is a possibility that you will have to pay a fee. You may use a court ordered fee waiver given for this case as payment.
(CH Temporary/Denied/Granted)
CCP 527.6
(r)(5) …The petitioner shall provide the officer with an endorsed copy of the order…
If your order is granted, you will not have to pay a fee. If your order is denied, it is a possibility that you will have to pay a fee. You may use a court ordered fee waiver given for this case as payment.
Service on a Minor or Service for a Minor
Any child 12 and under can be served. However, a parent or guardian must be served.
Any child 12 and older must be served in addition to the parent or guardian.
Each set of papers you need served must have their own electronic submission.
Each Defendant/Respondent to be served must have a separate completed SER-001. (Each electronic submission should be for each Defendant/Respondent to be served. You cannot submit multiple Defendant/Respondents to be served in one submission).
If your SER-001 is incomplete, your electronic submission will be rejected. See instructions on SER-001.
If you have a court ordered fee waiver, the fee waiver must be a separate attachment from the service documents before submission is completed. The fee waiver must be for the specific case submitted.
If you do not submit your fee waiver during the electronic submission process, your submission will be rejected.
DO NOT UPLOAD YOUR DOCUMENTS IN MULTIPLE SETS. If your submission exceeds the memory requirements, STOP YOUR SUBMISSION and use any one of the other options to submit your request. See “Service Documents-Request for service” for more information. https://www.fresnosheriff.org/civil.html
Multiple Types of Services AND Multiple Defendant/Respondent Submission
You may have multiple types of documents the court has given you to have served. Even though the documents are served at the same time, they cannot be submitted at the same time. See “What to Attach for Service” for explanation.
You cannot submit multiple types of services at one time. If you submit multiple services at one time, your submission will be rejected.
Examples of multiple types of service submissions:
Each electronic submission must be for each type of service. You cannot submit multiple types of services at the same time.
Example 1:
- Summons/Petition is one service.
- A Request for Order is one service.
You cannot submit a Summons/Petition and a Request for Order in one submission because this is considered a multiple service submission.
Example 2:
- Civil Subpoena is one service.
- An Application and Order to Produce Statement of Assets and To Appear for Examination is one service.
You cannot submit a Civil Subpoena and an Application and Order to Produce Statement of Assets and To Appear for Examination because this is considered a multiple service submission.
If you submit multiple types of services as one submission, your electronic submission will be rejected.
Examples of multiple Defendants/Respondents submission
Each electronic submission should be for each Defendant/Respondent to be served. You cannot submit multiple Defendants/Respondents to be served at the same time.
- Example of Submission 1: John Doe (Defendant/Respondent) is one submission.
- Example of Submission 2: John Doe Tires Inc. (Defendant/Respondent) is one submission.
You cannot submit a request for both Defendant/Respondent at the same time.
If you submit multiple Defendants/Respondents at the same time, your electronic submission will be rejected.
