Process Servers and Unlawful Detainer Assistants: qualification, exams, and education

California county-registration preparation, service-of-process procedure, ethics, records, and role-boundary education.

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Regulated credentials

Who this California guide covers

Licenses and credentials

- Registered Process Server
- Registered Unlawful Detainer Assistant

What 101PD may provide

- Process-server registration and procedure education
- Unlawful-detainer-assistant registration and compliance education
- Ethics, records, and unauthorized-practice boundaries

Provider qualification route

How 101PD can become authorized

Training may explain California statutes and county registration steps. The applicant must register with the proper county clerk and independently satisfy bonding, identification, experience, and renewal requirements.

Non-substitution boundary

What online training cannot replace

Training is not county registration and does not authorize legal advice, representation, document selection, or any service reserved to attorneys. The two registrations have distinct scopes.

Planned catalog

California-only launch queue

Professional development

California Process Server Registration and Procedure

$0 / Free

Training-only; registration is completed with the proper county clerk.

Not yet enrollable

Professional development

California Unlawful Detainer Assistant Compliance

$0 / Free

Training-only and strictly limited to the statutory nonlawyer role.

Not yet enrollable

Official sources

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Research review date: July 22, 2026. Next review due October 22, 2026. Recheck required before activation.