California Code
TITLE 9 - ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS
DIVISION 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1 - Short Title and Definitions

Section 680.010. - 680.010. This title shall be known and may be cited...

Section 680.110. - 680.110. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions...

Section 680.120. - 680.120. “Account debtor” means “account debtor” as defined in paragraph...

Section 680.130. - 680.130. “Account receivable” means “account” as defined in paragraph (2)...

Section 680.135. - 680.135. “Affidavit of Identity” means an affidavit or declaration executed...

Section 680.140. - 680.140. “Chattel paper” means “chattel paper” as defined in paragraph...

Section 680.145. - 680.145. “Child support” includes family support. (Added by Stats. 1992,...

Section 680.150. - 680.150. “Costs” means costs and disbursements, including but not limited...

Section 680.160. - 680.160. “Court” means the court where the judgment sought to...

Section 680.170. - 680.170. “Deposit account” means “deposit account” as defined in paragraph...

Section 680.180. - 680.180. “Document of title” means “document” as defined in paragraph...

Section 680.190. - 680.190. “Equity” means the fair market value of the interest...

Section 680.200. - 680.200. “Financial institution” means a state or national bank, state...

Section 680.210. - 680.210. “General intangibles” means “general intangibles,” as defined in paragraph...

Section 680.220. - 680.220. “Instrument” means “instrument”, as defined in paragraph (47) of...

Section 680.230. - 680.230. “Judgment” means a judgment, order, or decree entered in...

Section 680.240. - 680.240. “Judgment creditor” means the person in whose favor a...

Section 680.250. - 680.250. “Judgment debtor” means the person against whom a judgment...

Section 680.260. - 680.260. “Levying officer” means the sheriff or marshal. (Amended by...

Section 680.270. - 680.270. “Money judgment” means that part of a judgment that...

Section 680.280. - 680.280. “Person” includes a natural person, a corporation, a partnership...

Section 680.290. - 680.290. “Personal property” includes both tangible and intangible personal property....

Section 680.300. - 680.300. “Principal amount of the judgment” means the total amount...

Section 680.310. - 680.310. “Property” includes real and personal property and any interest...

Section 680.320. - 680.320. “Real property” includes any right in real property, including...

Section 680.330. - 680.330. “Registered process server” means a person registered as a...

Section 680.340. - 680.340. “Secured party” means “secured party” as defined in paragraph...

Section 680.345. - 680.345. “Security” means a “security” as defined in Section 8102...

Section 680.350. - 680.350. “Security agreement” means “security agreement” as defined in paragraph...

Section 680.360. - 680.360. “Security interest” means “security interest” as defined in Section...

Section 680.365. - 680.365. “Spousal support” includes support for a former spouse. (Added...

Section 680.370. - 680.370. “Tangible personal property” includes chattel paper, documents of title,...

Section 680.380. - 680.380. “Writ” includes a writ of execution, a writ of...

CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions

Section 681.010. - 681.010. Except as otherwise provided by statute: (a) A money...

Section 681.020. - 681.020. An assignee of a judgment is not entitled to...

Section 681.030. - 681.030. (a) The Judicial Council may provide by rule for...

Section 681.035. - 681.035. The California Law Revision Commission is authorized to maintain...

Section 681.040. - 681.040. If a paper is required or permitted to be...

Section 681.050. - 681.050. If any provision or clause of this title or...

CHAPTER 3 - Period for Enforcement and Renewal of Judgments

ARTICLE 1 - Period for Enforcement of Judgments

Section 683.010. - 683.010. Except as otherwise provided by statute or in the...

Section 683.020. - 683.020. Except as otherwise provided by statute, upon the expiration...

Section 683.030. - 683.030. If a money judgment is payable in installments, the...

Section 683.040. - 683.040. If the judgment creditor applies for a writ for...

Section 683.050. - 683.050. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), nothing in...

ARTICLE 2 - Renewal of Judgments

Section 683.110. - 683.110. (a) The period of enforceability of a money judgment...

Section 683.120. - 683.120. (a) The judgment creditor may renew a judgment by...

Section 683.130. - 683.130. (a) In the case of a lump-sum money judgment...

Section 683.140. - 683.140. The application for renewal of the judgment shall be...

Section 683.150. - 683.150. (a) Upon the filing of the application, the court...

Section 683.160. - 683.160. (a) The judgment creditor shall serve a notice of...

Section 683.170. - 683.170. (a) The renewal of a judgment pursuant to this...

Section 683.180. - 683.180. (a) If a judgment lien on an interest in...

Section 683.190. - 683.190. If a lien (other than a judgment lien on...

Section 683.200. - 683.200. If a judgment is renewed pursuant to this article,...

Section 683.210. - 683.210. A judgment may be renewed notwithstanding any stay of...

Section 683.220. - 683.220. If a judgment is renewed pursuant to this article,...

ARTICLE 3 - Application of Chapter

Section 683.310. - 683.310. Except as otherwise provided in the Family Code, this...

Section 683.320. - 683.320. This chapter does not apply to a money judgment...

CHAPTER 4 - Manner of Service of Writs, Notices, and Other Papers

ARTICLE 1 - Service on Attorney of Creditor or Debtor

Section 684.010. - 684.010. Subject to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 283) of...

Section 684.020. - 684.020. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), when a...

Section 684.030. - 684.030. Sections 684.010 and 684.020 do not apply to either...

Section 684.040. - 684.040. If service on an attorney is required under this...

Section 684.050. - 684.050. Service on the attorney for the judgment creditor or...

ARTICLE 2 - Manner of Service Generally

Section 684.110. - 684.110. (a) (1) Subject to subdivisions (b), (c), and (d),...

Section 684.115. - 684.115. (a) A financial institution may, and if it has...

Section 684.120. - 684.120. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, if...

Section 684.130. - 684.130. (a) If the levying officer is required by any...

Section 684.140. - 684.140. If a provision of this title provides for service...

ARTICLE 3 - Proof of Service

Section 684.210. - 684.210. If service of notice of a court hearing is...

Section 684.220. - 684.220. Proof of service or of posting or publication under...

ARTICLE 4 - Application of Chapter

Section 684.310. - 684.310. Except for Sections 684.130 and 684.140, the provisions of...

CHAPTER 5 - Interest and Costs

Section 685.010. - 685.010. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), interest...

Section 685.020. - 685.020. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), interest commences...

Section 685.030. - 685.030. (a) If a money judgment is satisfied in full...

Section 685.040. - 685.040. The judgment creditor is entitled to the reasonable and...

Section 685.050. - 685.050. (a) If a writ is issued pursuant to this...

Section 685.070. - 685.070. (a) The judgment creditor may claim under this section...

Section 685.080. - 685.080. (a) The judgment creditor may claim costs authorized by...

Section 685.090. - 685.090. (a) Costs are added to and become a part...

Section 685.095. - 685.095. When a writ is served by a levying officer...

Section 685.100. - 685.100. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law: (1) As...

Section 685.110. - 685.110. Nothing in this chapter affects the law relating to...

CHAPTER 6 - Enforcement After Death of Judgment Creditor or Judgment Debtor

Section 686.010. - 686.010. After the death of the judgment creditor, the judgment...

Section 686.020. - 686.020. After the death of the judgment debtor, enforcement of...

CHAPTER 7 - Levying Officers

Section 687.010. - 687.010. (a) The judgment creditor shall give the levying officer...

Section 687.020. - 687.020. (a) As used in this section, “instrument” means a...

Section 687.030. - 687.030. Except as otherwise provided by statute, where the method...

Section 687.040. - 687.040. (a) The levying officer or registered process server is...

Section 687.050. - 687.050. The levying officer has a special lien, dependent upon...

CHAPTER 8 - Enforcement of State Tax Liability

ARTICLE 1 - Enforcement Pursuant to Warrant or Notice of Levy

Section 688.010. - 688.010. A proceeding for the purpose of the remedies provided...

Section 688.020. - 688.020. (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, if a...

Section 688.030. - 688.030. (a) If pursuant to any provision of the Public...

Section 688.040. - 688.040. For the purpose of this article, as used in...

Section 688.050. - 688.050. For the purpose of applying Section 694.080, 703.050, or...

ARTICLE 2 - Enforcement of Judgment for Taxes

Section 688.110. - 688.110. Except as otherwise provided by statute, if a judgment...

CHAPTER 9 - Enforcement of Support Judgments

Section 689.010. - 689.010. For the purpose of the remedies provided under this...

Section 689.020. - 689.020. (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, whenever a...

Section 689.030. - 689.030. (a) Whenever the local child support agency, pursuant to...

Section 689.040. - 689.040. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the...

Section 689.050. - 689.050. For the purpose of this chapter: (a) “Judgment creditor”...

CHAPTER 10 - Enforcement of Judgments by Labor Commissioner

Section 690.020. - 690.020. For the purpose of the remedies provided under this...

Section 690.030. - 690.030. (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, whenever a...

Section 690.040. - 690.040. (a) Whenever the Labor Commissioner, pursuant to Section 96.8...

Section 690.050. - 690.050. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, in the case of...

CHAPTER 20 - Transitional Provisions

Section 694.010. - 694.010. As used in this chapter: (a) “Operative date” means...

Section 694.020. - 694.020. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this title...

Section 694.030. - 694.030. (a) Except for a judgment described in Section 683.310...

Section 694.040. - 694.040. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), property levied...

Section 694.050. - 694.050. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), property levied...

Section 694.060. - 694.060. Notwithstanding Section 708.230, an action may be commenced pursuant...

Section 694.070. - 694.070. (a) A third-party claim filed prior to the operative...

Section 694.080. - 694.080. The exemptions from enforcement of a money judgment provided...

Section 694.090. - 694.090. On and after the operative date, a declaration of...