Legal Question in Securities Law in California

Process servers are registered with the county in which they primarily operate. Unless they are sheriff's department employees, they have no relationship with the county nor with the courts. It is legal to turn them away by peaceful means. However, if they know you are home, they might leave their papers on your doorstep and mail you a copy. You can impose hours on them, but they need not heed them. Generally, process servers will stop attempting service about 9:30 p.m. You might be surprised, though, because eventually they will be able to effect service, or the attorney will obtain a court order to allow posting on your front door and then mailing it to you.