---
type: "Bill"
title: "Registered process servers."
description: "Existing law establishes a process for the enforcement of money judgments, and authorizes a registered process server to levy under a writ of attachment or writ of execution on specified types of property. Existing law requires the registered process server, before levying under the writ, to deposit a copy of the writ with the levying officer and pay a specified fee. Existing law also permits a registered process server to serve an earnings withholding order on an employer and requires that the process server deposit specified documents with the levying officer and pay a specified fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2211"
citation: "California AB 2211 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Registered process servers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linder"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0a03bfc-78df-4c1e-b0ab-716eb742ed8e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2211"
source_hash: "7c2bdbd531b7cfb84808ea6a427e619abde2b02c29acbb40d47a12078e5de541"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2211 (20152016) — Registered process servers.

Existing law establishes a process for the enforcement of money judgments, and authorizes a registered process server to levy under a writ of attachment or writ of execution on specified types of property. Existing law requires the registered process server, before levying under the writ, to deposit a copy of the writ with the levying officer and pay a specified fee. Existing law also permits a registered process server to serve an earnings withholding order on an employer and requires that the process server deposit specified documents with the levying officer and pay a specified fee.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2211&version=20150AB221199INT)
2. **07/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2211&version=20150AB221197CHP)
3. **AB2211** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2211)
4. **07/07/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2211&version=20150AB221198ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2211 LINDER Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Linder — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-03-30** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4148.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4646.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2016-07-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 102, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0a03bfc-78df-4c1e-b0ab-716eb742ed8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).