Section 1407 Of Chapter 8. Determination Of Just Compensation For Acquisition Of Utility Properties From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 8.
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. If any owner or claimant named in the petition resides out of
the State or has departed from the State or cannot after due
diligence be found within the State, or conceals himself to avoid
service, or is a corporation having no managing or business agent,
cashier or secretary or other officer upon whom summons may be
served, who, after due diligence, can be found within the State, and
the fact appears by affidavit to the satisfaction of the commission,
and it also appears by such affidavit or by the petition that a cause
of action exists against the owner or claimant on whom the service
is to be made or that he is a necessary or proper party to the
proceeding, the commission shall make an order that the service be
made on such owner or claimant by publication of the commission's
order to show cause. The order shall direct that the publication be
made in a newspaper designated by the commission as likely to give
notice to the person to be served, and for such time as the
commission finds to be reasonable, at least once a week, but
publication against an owner or claimant residing out of the State or
absent therefrom shall not be less than two months. If the address
of any owner or claimant, as stated in the petition, is out of the
State, the secretary of the commission shall, within 15 days after
the making and filing of the order to show cause, deposit or cause to
be deposited a copy of that order, certified under the seal of the
commission, with a copy of the petition attached thereto, in the
United States mail, enclosed in a sealed envelope, registered, with
postage prepaid, addressed to such owner or claimant at the address
specified in the petition. When publication is ordered, personal
service of a copy of the order to show cause and of the petition out
of the State is equivalent to publication and deposit in the United
States mail.