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Any Street
2 Any Town, CA 55555

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4 Any Attorney or Specially Appearing Defendant

8 Superior Court of the State of California

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12 Plaintiff, ) NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO QUASH
) SERVICE; MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND
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 1 _______________________________________________________, specially appearing defendant,
2 ___________________________ will appear specially and move the Court for an order quashing
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plaintiffs purported service of summons and complaint on defendant. This motion is made under
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Code of Civil Procedure 418.10 on the grounds that as defendant is not a resident of California that
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the court lacks jurisdiction over them.

7 Therefore the purported service on Defendant was not valid and should be quashed.

8 This motion will be based on this notice of motion, the memorandum of points and
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authorities; the Declaration of ____________________, the pleadings, documents, records and files
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in this action, and such oral and documentary evidence as may be presented at the hearing.
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Dated: ________________ __________________________________________
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 1 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES
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STATEMENT OF FACTS
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On ______________, Plaintiff, (Plaintiff) filed their complaint against the specially
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appearing Defendant, ____________________________________________, (Defendant).

7 Defendant is not a resident of California, does not own any property in California, and

8 has had only minimal contact with the State of California since moving out of California over ____
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years ago.
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Defendant contends that as they are not a resident of California, the California courts lack
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jurisdiction over them and the Court should quash the purported service on them.
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19 LEGAL ARGUMENT

20 A. THE PURPORTED SERVICE OF THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IS

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NOT VALID AND SHOULD BE QUASHED AS DEFENDANT IS NOT A
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RESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA, THEREFORE THE COURT LACKS
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JURISDICTION OVER THEM
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25 Code of Civil Procedure 418.10 states in part:

26 A defendant, on or before the last day of his or her time to plead or within any further time
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that the court may for good cause allow, may serve and file a notice of motion for one or more of the
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 1 following purposes: (1) To quash service of summons on the ground of lack of jurisdiction of the
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As shown by the declaration of _________________, they are not a resident of California,
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do not own any property in California, and has had only minimal contact with the State of California
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since moving out of California over ___ years ago.

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