CDPH Office of Legal Services ā Service of Process for Subpoenas and Lawsuits
UPDATE: February 13, 2025āā (PDF)
Our standard practice of personal service acceptance within normal business hours has resumed.
For service of subpoenas, please read each option below carefully as the Office of Legal Services does not accept all subpoenas:
For subpoenas requesting medical or investigation records regarding a patient or health facility, please serve the documents by personal service or via postal mail on the CDPH district office that oversees the health facility where the patient received treatment.
A list of the CDPH District Offices (DO) and the counties they cover is available on theā CDPH District Offices pageā.
Once you access the link above, you will see counties listed under each district office address. Based on the county in which the health facility is located, you can determine the correct district office to serve. If our office is personally served with or receive mailed subpoenas and concludes it should have been served at the location provided through the link above, we may reject the DO subpoena. Emailed subpoenas will also be rejected.
For subpoenas requesting medical or investigation records for health facilities in Los Angeles County, please serve:
L.A. County Public Health Department
5555 Ferguson Drive, Suite 120-04
Commerce, CA 90022
For service of all other subpoenas, please mail them to:
California Department of Public Health
Office of Legal Services
1415 L Street, Suite 500
Sacramento, CA 95814
For service of summons, complaints, and writ petitions: ā
Please email the documents to: CDPHserviceofprocess@cdph.ca.gov
Nothing is considered accepted until we confirm service. Subpoenas will not be accepted at this email address.
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