California Code
ARTICLE 3 - Process and Notices
Section 26663.

26663. Any sheriff who does not return a process or notice in his or her possession, with the necessary endorsement thereon, without delay is liable to the person aggrieved for all actual damages sustained by him or her.

(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 120, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.)