California Code
DIVISION 2 - ENFORCEMENT OF MONEY JUDGMENTS
CHAPTER 4 - Exemptions

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 703.010. - 703.010. Except as otherwise provided by statute: (a) The exemptions...

Section 703.020. - 703.020. (a) The exemptions provided by this chapter apply only...

Section 703.030. - 703.030. (a) An exemption for property that is described in...

Section 703.040. - 703.040. A purported contractual or other prior waiver of the...

Section 703.050. - 703.050. (a) The determination whether property is exempt or the...

Section 703.060. - 703.060. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that generally persons...

Section 703.070. - 703.070. Except as otherwise provided by statute: (a) The exemptions...

Section 703.080. - 703.080. (a) Subject to any limitation provided in the particular...

Section 703.090. - 703.090. If a judgment creditor has failed to oppose a...

Section 703.100. - 703.100. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), the determination whether property...

Section 703.110. - 703.110. If the judgment debtor is married: (a) The exemptions...

Section 703.115. - 703.115. In determining an exemption based upon the needs of...

Section 703.130. - 703.130. Pursuant to the authority of paragraph (2) of subsection...

Section 703.140. - 703.140. (a) In a case under Title 11 of the...

Section 703.150. - 703.150. (a) On April 1, 2004, and at each three-year...

ARTICLE 2 - Procedure for Claiming Exemptions After Levy

Section 703.510. - 703.510. (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, property that...

Section 703.520. - 703.520. (a) The claimant may make a claim of exemption...

Section 703.530. - 703.530. (a) If property is claimed as exempt pursuant to...

Section 703.540. - 703.540. Promptly after the filing of the claim of exemption,...

Section 703.550. - 703.550. (a) Within 15 days after service of the notice...

Section 703.560. - 703.560. The notice of opposition to the claim of exemption...

Section 703.570. - 703.570. (a) The hearing on the motion shall be held...

Section 703.580. - 703.580. (a) The claim of exemption and notice of opposition...

Section 703.590. - 703.590. If the court extends the time allowed for an...

Section 703.600. - 703.600. An appeal lies from any order made under this...

Section 703.610. - 703.610. (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute or ordered...

ARTICLE 3 - Exempt Property

Section 704.010. - 704.010. (a) Any combination of the following is exempt in...

Section 704.020. - 704.020. (a) Household furnishings, appliances, provisions, wearing apparel, and other...

Section 704.030. - 704.030. Material that in good faith is about to be...

Section 704.040. - 704.040. Jewelry, heirlooms, and works of art are exempt to...

Section 704.050. - 704.050. (a) Health aids reasonably necessary to enable the judgment...

Section 704.060. - 704.060. (a) Tools, implements, instruments, materials, uniforms, furnishings, books, equipment,...

Section 704.070. - 704.070. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Earnings withholding...

Section 704.080. - 704.080. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Deposit...

Section 704.090. - 704.090. (a) The funds of a judgment debtor confined in...

Section 704.100. - 704.100. (a) Unmatured life insurance policies (including endowment and annuity...

Section 704.105. - 704.105. Money held in an account owned by the judgment...

Section 704.110. - 704.110. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Public entity”...

Section 704.111. - 704.111. Alimony, support, and separate maintenance, to the extent reasonably...

Section 704.113. - 704.113. (a) As used in this chapter, “vacation credits” means...

Section 704.114. - 704.114. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, service of...

Section 704.115. - 704.115. (a) As used in this section, “private retirement plan”...

Section 704.120. - 704.120. (a) Contributions by workers payable to the Unemployment Compensation...

Section 704.130. - 704.130. (a) Before payment, benefits from a disability or health...

Section 704.140. - 704.140. (a) Except as provided in Article 5 (commencing with...

Section 704.150. - 704.150. (a) Except as provided in Article 5 (commencing with...

Section 704.160. - 704.160. (a) Except as provided by Chapter 1 (commencing with...

Section 704.170. - 704.170. Before payment, aid provided pursuant to Division 9 (commencing...

Section 704.180. - 704.180. Before payment, relocation benefits for displacement from a dwelling...

Section 704.190. - 704.190. (a) As used in this section, “institution of higher...

Section 704.200. - 704.200. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Cemetery” has...

Section 704.210. - 704.210. Property that is not subject to enforcement of a...

Section 704.220. - 704.220. (a) Money in the judgment debtor’s deposit account in...

Section 704.225. - 704.225. Money in a judgment debtor’s deposit account that is...

Section 704.230. - 704.230. Money provided to the judgment debtor by the Federal...

ARTICLE 4 - Homestead Exemption

Section 704.710. - 704.710. As used in this article: (a) “Dwelling” means a...

Section 704.720. - 704.720. (a) A homestead is exempt from sale under this...

Section 704.730. - 704.730. (a) The amount of the homestead exemption is the...

Section 704.740. - 704.740. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the interest...

Section 704.750. - 704.750. (a) Promptly after a dwelling is levied upon (other...

Section 704.760. - 704.760. The judgment creditor’s application shall be made under oath,...

Section 704.770. - 704.770. (a) Upon the filing of the application by the...

Section 704.780. - 704.780. (a) The burden of proof at the hearing is...

Section 704.790. - 704.790. (a) This section applies in any case where the...

Section 704.800. - 704.800. (a) If no bid is received at a sale...

Section 704.810. - 704.810. Levy on a homestead that is subject to a...

Section 704.820. - 704.820. If the dwelling is owned by the judgment debtor...

Section 704.830. - 704.830. The provisions of Sections 703.590 and 703.600 apply to...

Section 704.840. - 704.840. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the judgment...

Section 704.850. - 704.850. (a) The levying officer shall distribute the proceeds of...

ARTICLE 5 - Declared Homesteads

Section 704.910. - 704.910. As used in this article: (a) “Declared homestead” means...

Section 704.920. - 704.920. A dwelling in which an owner or spouse of...

Section 704.930. - 704.930. (a) A homestead declaration recorded pursuant to this article...

Section 704.940. - 704.940. A homestead declaration does not restrict or limit any...

Section 704.950. - 704.950. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

Section 704.960. - 704.960. (a) If a declared homestead is voluntarily sold, the...

Section 704.965. - 704.965. If a homestead declaration is recorded prior to the...

Section 704.970. - 704.970. Whether or not a homestead declaration has been recorded:...

Section 704.980. - 704.980. (a) A declared homestead may be abandoned by a...

Section 704.990. - 704.990. (a) A declared homestead is abandoned by operation of...

Section 704.995. - 704.995. (a) The protection of the declared homestead from any...