Civil Division Services & Fees
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Civil / Fugitive Warrant Division is located on the second floor of the Sheriff's Headquarters Building, located at 55 West Younger Ave., San Jose CA 95110-1722.
Civil Division's office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Division personnel can be reached by telephone at (408) 808-4800 or via Fax (408) 998-0636
The Civil Division serves the following types of levies:
- Evictions
- Seize and sell automobiles
- Writs of Possession
- Writs of Possession, Claim & Delivery
- Keepers (Business levies and seizures)
- Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
- Real Property Levies (Writs of Executions and Attachment)
Real Property Requirements
The following fee deposit is required prior to the Sheriff's Office performing a levy:
- Evictions $145.00
- Automobile levies $1,300.00 ($2,000.00 for trucks) *additional fees may be required
- Writs of Possession, Claim & Delivery $85.00 plus additional for storage/moving
- 8-hour Keepers - $240.00
- 48-hour Keepers - $1,205.00
- Domestic Violence Restraining Orders - No Fee
- Writ of Execution or Writ of Sale $1,500.00 *additional fees may be required
- Writ of Attachment $500.00 *additional fees may be required
- Civil Bench Warrants $50.00
View the entire fee schedule
All other levies will have to be performed by a registered process server. They can be located in the yellow pages under Process Serving.
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Civil / Fugitive Warrant Division is located on the second floor of the Sheriff's Headquarters Building, located at 55 West Younger Ave., San Jose CA 95110-1722.
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