New Prejudgment Claim of Right to Possession form
The Prejudgment Claim of Right to Possession form has been revised to conform to a change in the law governing the service of unknown occupants in an unlawful detainer action. Although the law codified the form as of January 1, 2015, it was only published by the California Judicial Council on June 15, 2015.
The change in the law, CCP § 415.46, requires an unnamed occupant claiming a right to possession to use the form Claim of Right to Possession and Notice of Hearing to file if they were not served with a Prejudgment Claim of Right to Possession.
By inference, process servers now should be serving the new Prejudgment Claim form on the unnamed occupant(s) so they can use it for filing a claim.
The new form reconciles prior amendments to the prejudgment claim procedure further assuring notice to unnamed occupants of a foreclosed property.
The forms are linked below:
Prejudgment Claim of Right to Possession
Claim of Right to Possession and Notice of Hearing
My CALSPro Forms Committee Report references other changes to the forms that may affect California process servers.
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