(a) Where the court orders service by publication, the publication may:

(1) Name only the defendants to be served thereby.

Terms Used In California Code of Civil Procedure 872.330

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See California Code of Civil Procedure 872.010

(2) Describe only the property in which the defendants to be served thereby have or claim interests.

(b) Judgment based on failure to appear and answer following service under this section shall be conclusive against the defendants named in respect only to property described in the publication.

(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 73.)