The Sheriff’s Civil Unit is in the Visalia Courthouse Building at:
221 S. Mooney Blvd. Room 102
Visalia, CA 93291
Civil Office and service hours are: Monday through Friday, 8AM to 4PM
Telephone: 559-636-5090
Fax: 559-713-3794
Email: SheriffsCivil@tularecounty.ca.gov
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All fees must be paid prior to the Sheriff performing any service (6103.2 GC).
The Sheriff cannot guarantee service will be timely or successful.
Instructions notwithstanding, the Sheriff will serve process and notice (17(b)(7) CCP, 26660 GC) in accordance with the law, court rules and best practices.
The Sheriff is entitled to fees whether the service is timely or successful (26738 GC).
The Tulare County Sheriff's Civil Unit accepts the following forms of payment for service:
Cash, credit cards* (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Debit Cards), certified cashier's or bank checks**, personal checks**, business checks**, money orders**, court-granted fee waiver (FW-003).
*Credit card payments incur a $1.50 per $50.00 charged processing fee collected by the credit card processor that is not a Sheriff’s fee
**Personal checks will only be accepted if the person issuing the check provides satisfactory proof of residence in this state and if the personal check is drawn on a banking institution located in this state. Additionally, service may be withheld or delayed until a check or money order has cleared and been deposited (duly paid) to the Sheriff’s account (6157 GC).