The Civil Unit is located in the Visalia Courthouse Building at:

221 S. Mooney Blvd. Room 102
Visalia, CA 93291

Telephone: 559-636-5090
Fax: 559-713-3794

Email: [email protected] 

For the Self-Help Guide to the California Courts, please go here:  https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/

For California Court Forms, please go here:  https://courts.ca.gov/rules-forms/find-your-court-forms

 

Effective Jan. 1, 2024               

Tulare County Sheriff's Office Civil Fee Schedule

General Service of Process-Per Document (California Courts)

$50.00 per person served

( Notary Fee) *(Most out of State Proofs must be Notarized)

$15.00 per person served/per POS

 

 

Bank Levies, Third Party Levies

$50.00

Bank Levy (Fee to Open Safe Deposit Box)

$170.00

Civil Warrants   FTA-  Orders for Examination

All other civil bench warrants

$50.00

$175.00

Earnings Withholding Orders (Wage Garnishments)

$45.00

Evictions

$180.00

Keeper Levy (Initial Deposit) 8 hours

$300.00 

 

 

Levies (Personal and Real Property)

Fee Varies by Type

Personal Property Vehicle Levy 

$1,500.00

Till Tap

$125.00

                                  Copy Fees                                               $1.25/page

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. 

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 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. 

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).