California Code
CHAPTER 3 - Actions for the Recovery of Real Property, and Other Provisions Relating to Actions Concerning Real Property
Section 746.

746. When real property has been sold pursuant to a levy, the purchaser of the property, or any person who has succeeded to the interest of the purchaser, may recover damages from the person causing the injury for injury to the property after levy and before possession is delivered to the purchaser or the person who has succeeded to the interest of the purchaser.

(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 497, Sec. 58. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 185 of Ch. 497.)