Chapter 1 – General Administration

14010.7.5 Legal Process – Handling

• Upon receipt of legal process, the employee served shall forward the document to the person designated by the Warden or RPARegional Parole Administrator (normally the litigation coordinator or the case records staff).

• Headquarters staff shall forward such documents to the OLAOffice of Legal Affairs or the Case Records Office.

• The employee served shall furnish the following information:

  • Date of service.

  • Place of service.

  • Name, or title, of the person who served the documents.

  • Method of service.

• All employees shall receive training to ensure they are familiar with this process, and they shall be given written instructions in the format shown in.

• Headquarters, each institution and each parole region shall process substituted service for an employee as follows:

  • A process server who indicates they are leaving substituted service shall be allowed to leave it with an employee most convenient (such as the front gate or the receptionist) for Headquarters, the institution, the parole region, or field office. The legal process may be placed in the office mail system for delivery to the employee if there is a reasonable assurance service shall be completed in a timely manner, or it shall be delivered in person to the employee.

  • If the legal process is job related, the employee to whom service is addressed may request representation at State expense or at the employee’s expense as provided in DOMDepartment Operations Manual 14010.14.