This section outlines how to serve a summons in specific legal cases. Generally, the process follows the same rules as other civil actions. However, if you're serving people specified under certain sections or unidentified defendants, you must publish the service notice in a manner specified by another section of the law.

If the court allows service by publication, there are specific steps the plaintiff must follow. First, within 10 days of the order, they need to post a copy of the summons and complaint on the property involved in the lawsuit. Second, they must record a notice that the action is pending unless it's already been recorded. Third, the publication should detail the property, including its street address or another common name, although mistakes in these descriptors won't invalidate the publication as long as a legal description is provided.

This section covers how courts in California can order legal notices to be published in newspapers when serving defendants. If a defendant needs to be served in this way, the published notice can mention only the names of the defendants and describe only the property related to them.

If these defendants don't show up or respond, the court's decision will apply only to the specific property mentioned in the notice.