California Code
PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS
TITLE 6.5 - ATTACHMENT

CHAPTER 1 - Words and Phrases Defined

Section 481.010. - 481.010. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions...

Section 481.020. - 481.020. “Account debtor” means “account debtor” as defined in paragraph...

Section 481.030. - 481.030. “Account receivable” means “account” as defined in paragraph (2)...

Section 481.040. - 481.040. “Chattel paper” means “chattel paper” as defined in paragraph...

Section 481.055. - 481.055. “Costs” means costs and disbursements, including, but not limited...

Section 481.060. - 481.060. “Complaint” includes a cross-complaint. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch....

Section 481.070. - 481.070. “Defendant” includes a cross-defendant. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch....

Section 481.080. - 481.080. “Deposit account” means “deposit account” as defined in paragraph...

Section 481.090. - 481.090. “Document of title” means “document” as defined in paragraph...

Section 481.100. - 481.100. “Equipment” means tangible personal property in the possession of...

Section 481.110. - 481.110. “Farm products” means crops or livestock or supplies used...

Section 481.113. - 481.113. “Financial institution” means a state or national bank, state...

Section 481.115. - 481.115. “General intangibles” means “general intangibles,” as defined in paragraph...

Section 481.117. - 481.117. “Instrument” means “instrument” as defined in paragraph (47) of...

Section 481.120. - 481.120. “Inventory” means tangible personal property in the possession of...

Section 481.140. - 481.140. “Levying officer” means the sheriff or marshal who is...

Section 481.170. - 481.170. “Person” includes a natural person, a corporation, a partnership...

Section 481.175. - 481.175. “Personal property” includes both tangible and intangible personal property....

Section 481.180. - 481.180. “Plaintiff” means a person who files a complaint or...

Section 481.190. - 481.190. A claim has “probable validity” where it is more...

Section 481.195. - 481.195. “Property” includes real and personal property and any interest...

Section 481.200. - 481.200. “Public entity” includes the state, the Regents of the...

Section 481.203. - 481.203. “Real property” includes any right in real property, including,...

Section 481.205. - 481.205. “Registered process server” means a person registered as a...

Section 481.207. - 481.207. “Secured party” means “secured party” as defined in paragraph...

Section 481.210. - 481.210. “Security” means a “security” as defined by Section 8102...

Section 481.220. - 481.220. “Security agreement” means a “security agreement” as defined by...

Section 481.223. - 481.223. “Security interest” means “security interest” as defined in Section...

Section 481.225. - 481.225. “Tangible personal property” includes chattel paper, documents of title,...

CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions

Section 482.010. - 482.010. This title shall be known and may be cited...

Section 482.020. - 482.020. Nothing in this title precludes the granting of relief...

Section 482.030. - 482.030. (a) The Judicial Council may provide by rule for...

Section 482.040. - 482.040. The facts stated in each affidavit filed pursuant to...

Section 482.050. - 482.050. (a) If the plaintiff so requests in writing at...

Section 482.060. - 482.060. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the...

Section 482.070. - 482.070. (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this title,...

Section 482.080. - 482.080. (a) If a writ of attachment is issued, the...

Section 482.090. - 482.090. (a) Several writs in the same form may be...

Section 482.100. - 482.100. (a) The defendant may claim an exemption provided in...

Section 482.110. - 482.110. (a) The plaintiff’s application for a right to attach...

Section 482.120. - 482.120. If the court determines at the hearing on issuance...

CHAPTER 3 - Actions in Which Attachment Authorized

Section 483.010. - 483.010. (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, an attachment...

Section 483.012. - 483.012. Subject to the restrictions of Sections 580b and 580d,...

Section 483.013. - 483.013. Notwithstanding Section 483.010, federal disability benefits awarded to veterans...

Section 483.015. - 483.015. (a) Subject to subdivision (b) and to Section 483.020,...

Section 483.020. - 483.020. (a) Subject to subdivisions (d) and (e), the amount...

CHAPTER 4 - Noticed Hearing Procedure for Obtaining Writ of Attachment

ARTICLE 1 - Right to Attach Order; Issuance of Writ of Attachment

Section 484.010. - 484.010. Upon the filing of the complaint or at any...

Section 484.020. - 484.020. The application shall be executed under oath and shall...

Section 484.030. - 484.030. The application shall be supported by an affidavit showing...

Section 484.040. - 484.040. No order or writ shall be issued under this...

Section 484.050. - 484.050. The notice of application and hearing shall inform the...

Section 484.060. - 484.060. (a) If the defendant desires to oppose the issuance...

Section 484.070. - 484.070. (a) If the defendant claims that the personal property...

Section 484.080. - 484.080. (a) At the time set for the hearing, the...

Section 484.090. - 484.090. (a) At the hearing, the court shall consider the...

Section 484.100. - 484.100. The court’s determinations under this chapter shall have no...

Section 484.110. - 484.110. (a) Neither the failure of the defendant to oppose...

ARTICLE 2 - Noticed Hearing Procedure for Obtaining Additional Writs

Section 484.310. - 484.310. At any time after a right to attach order...

Section 484.320. - 484.320. The application shall be executed under oath and shall...

Section 484.330. - 484.330. No writ of attachment shall be issued under this...

Section 484.340. - 484.340. The notice of application and hearing shall inform the...

Section 484.350. - 484.350. (a) If the defendant claims that the property described...

Section 484.360. - 484.360. (a) If the defendant files and serves a claim...

Section 484.370. - 484.370. The hearing shall be conducted in the manner prescribed...

ARTICLE 3 - Ex Parte Procedure for Obtaining Additional Writs

Section 484.510. - 484.510. (a) At any time after a right to attach...

Section 484.520. - 484.520. The court shall examine the application and supporting affidavit...

Section 484.530. - 484.530. (a) The defendant may claim an exemption as to...

CHAPTER 5 - Ex Parte Hearing Procedure for Obtaining Writ of Attachment

ARTICLE 1 - Great or Irreparable Injury Requirement

Section 485.010. - 485.010. (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, no right...

ARTICLE 2 - Order Determining Right to Attach; Issuance of Writ of Attachment

Section 485.210. - 485.210. (a) Upon the filing of the complaint or at...

Section 485.220. - 485.220. (a) The court shall examine the application and supporting...

Section 485.230. - 485.230. Where a right to attach order has been issued...

Section 485.240. - 485.240. (a) Any defendant whose property has been attached pursuant...

ARTICLE 3 - Procedure for Obtaining Additional Writs

Section 485.510. - 485.510. At any time after a right to attach order...

Section 485.520. - 485.520. The application shall be executed under oath and shall...

Section 485.530. - 485.530. (a) The application shall be supported by an affidavit...

Section 485.540. - 485.540. The court shall examine the application and supporting affidavit...

ARTICLE 4 - Claim of Exemption

Section 485.610. - 485.610. (a) The defendant may claim an exemption as to...

CHAPTER 6 - Temporary Protective Order

Section 486.010. - 486.010. (a) At the time of applying for a right...

Section 486.020. - 486.020. The court shall examine the application, supporting affidavit, and...

Section 486.030. - 486.030. (a) In any case where the plaintiff has applied...

Section 486.040. - 486.040. The temporary protective order issued under this chapter shall...

Section 486.050. - 486.050. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 486.040, the...

Section 486.060. - 486.060. (a) Notwithstanding any terms of the temporary protective order,...

Section 486.070. - 486.070. Except as otherwise provided by Section 486.110, a temporary...

Section 486.080. - 486.080. The temporary protective order shall be personally served on...

Section 486.090. - 486.090. Except as otherwise provided in this title, the temporary...

Section 486.100. - 486.100. Upon ex parte application of the defendant or, if...

Section 486.110. - 486.110. (a) The service upon the defendant of a temporary...

CHAPTER 7 - Property Subject to Attachment

Section 487.010. - 487.010. The following property of the defendant is subject to...

Section 487.020. - 487.020. Except as provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a)...

Section 487.025. - 487.025. (a) The recording of a homestead declaration (as defined...

Section 487.030. - 487.030. (a) At any time prior to the entry of...

CHAPTER 8 - Levy Procedures; Lien of Attachment; Management and Disposition of Attached Property

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 488.010. - 488.010. The writ of attachment shall include the following information:...

Section 488.020. - 488.020. (a) A writ of attachment shall be directed to...

Section 488.030. - 488.030. (a) The plaintiff shall give the levying officer instructions...

Section 488.040. - 488.040. (a) If the levying officer is required by any...

Section 488.050. - 488.050. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law: (1) As...

Section 488.060. - 488.060. The notice of attachment shall inform the person notified...

Section 488.065. - 488.065. A copy of the original notice of attachment which...

Section 488.070. - 488.070. If a writ of attachment has been issued and...

Section 488.080. - 488.080. (a) A registered process server may levy under a...

Section 488.090. - 488.090. Except as otherwise provided by statute, where the method...

Section 488.100. - 488.100. The levying officer has a special lien, dependent upon...

Section 488.110. - 488.110. A third person shall claim an interest in property...

Section 488.120. - 488.120. In any case where property has been levied upon...

Section 488.130. - 488.130. (a) The levying officer to whom the writ of...

Section 488.140. - 488.140. (a) The levying officer or registered process server is...

ARTICLE 2 - Methods of Levy

Section 488.300. - 488.300. If the method of levy under a writ of...

Section 488.305. - 488.305. At the time of levy pursuant to this article...

Section 488.315. - 488.315. To attach real property, the levying officer shall comply...

Section 488.325. - 488.325. To attach (1) growing crops, (2) timber to be...

Section 488.335. - 488.335. Unless another method of attachment is provided by this...

Section 488.345. - 488.345. Unless another method of attachment is provided by this...

Section 488.355. - 488.355. (a) To attach personal property in the custody of...

Section 488.365. - 488.365. To attach goods in the possession of a bailee...

Section 488.375. - 488.375. (a) Except as provided by Section 488.385, to attach...

Section 488.385. - 488.385. (a) To attach a vehicle or vessel for which...

Section 488.395. - 488.395. Except as specified in subdivision (e) and as provided...

Section 488.405. - 488.405. (a) This section provides an alternative method of attaching...

Section 488.415. - 488.415. To attach personal property used as a dwelling, the...

Section 488.425. - 488.425. If a vehicle or vessel is attached and a...

Section 488.435. - 488.435. (a) To attach chattel paper, the levying officer shall...

Section 488.440. - 488.440. To attach an instrument, the levying officer shall comply...

Section 488.445. - 488.445. To attach a negotiable document of title, the levying...

Section 488.450. - 488.450. To attach a security, the levying officer shall comply...

Section 488.455. - 488.455. (a) Subject to Sections 488.465 and 684.115, to attach...

Section 488.460. - 488.460. (a) Subject to Sections 488.465 and 684.115, to attach...

Section 488.465. - 488.465. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a deposit...

Section 488.470. - 488.470. (a) Unless another method of attachment is provided by...

Section 488.475. - 488.475. (a) The following property may be attached pursuant to...

Section 488.480. - 488.480. (a) As used in this section, “final money judgment”...

Section 488.485. - 488.485. (a) To attach the interest of the defendant in...

ARTICLE 3 - Lien of Attachment

Section 488.500. - 488.500. (a) A levy on property under a writ of...

Section 488.510. - 488.510. (a) Unless sooner released or discharged, any attachment shall...

ARTICLE 4 - Duties and Liabilities of Third Persons After Levy

Section 488.600. - 488.600. (a) Sections 701.010, 701.020, 701.040, 701.050, 701.060, and 701.070...

Section 488.610. - 488.610. (a) At the time of service of a copy...

Section 488.620. - 488.620. A third person who gives a garnishee’s memorandum pursuant...

ARTICLE 5 - Management and Disposition of Attached Property

Section 488.700. - 488.700. (a) If property has been or is sought to...

Section 488.710. - 488.710. (a) As used in this section, “instrument” means a...

Section 488.720. - 488.720. (a) The defendant may apply by noticed motion to...

Section 488.730. - 488.730. (a) The levying officer shall release attached property when...

Section 488.740. - 488.740. If the defendant recovers judgment against the plaintiff and...

CHAPTER 9 - Undertakings

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 489.010. - 489.010. The Bond and Undertaking Law (Chapter 2 (commencing with...

Section 489.060. - 489.060. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all undertakings...

Section 489.130. - 489.130. Where the court orders the amount of the undertaking...

ARTICLE 2 - Undertakings to Obtain Writ of Attachment or Protective Order

Section 489.210. - 489.210. Before issuance of a writ of attachment, a temporary...

Section 489.220. - 489.220. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the amount...

Section 489.230. - 489.230. (a) The notice of attachment shall include a statement,...

ARTICLE 3 - Undertaking to Obtain Release of Attachment or Protective Order

Section 489.310. - 489.310. (a) Whenever a writ is issued, a defendant who...

Section 489.320. - 489.320. (a) A defendant who has been served with a...

ARTICLE 4 - Undertaking on Appeal

Section 489.410. - 489.410. (a) At any time after entry of judgment in...

Section 489.420. - 489.420. If a defendant appeals and the enforcement of the...

CHAPTER 10 - Liability for Wrongful Attachment

Section 490.010. - 490.010. A wrongful attachment consists of any of the following:...

Section 490.020. - 490.020. (a) The liability of a plaintiff for causing a...

Section 490.040. - 490.040. The amount of any recovery for wrongful attachment shall...

Section 490.060. - 490.060. Nothing in this chapter limits the right to recover...

CHAPTER 11 - Attaching Plaintiff s Miscellaneous Remedies

ARTICLE 1 - Examination of Third Person

Section 491.110. - 491.110. (a) Upon ex parte application by the plaintiff and...

Section 491.120. - 491.120. In any proceeding for the examination of a third...

Section 491.130. - 491.130. (a) The examination proceedings authorized by this article may...

Section 491.140. - 491.140. (a) If a corporation, partnership, association, trust, or other...

Section 491.150. - 491.150. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the...

Section 491.160. - 491.160. (a) If an order requiring a person to appear...

Section 491.170. - 491.170. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), if a third person...

Section 491.180. - 491.180. In any proceeding under this article, the court may,...

Section 491.190. - 491.190. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), at the...

Section 491.200. - 491.200. A lien created under this article continues on property...

ARTICLE 2 - Creditor s Suit

Section 491.310. - 491.310. If a third person has possession or control of...

Section 491.320. - 491.320. The defendant shall be joined in an action brought...

Section 491.330. - 491.330. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an action...

Section 491.340. - 491.340. The plaintiff may apply to the court in which...

Section 491.350. - 491.350. There is no right to a jury trial in...

Section 491.360. - 491.360. If the plaintiff establishes the liability of the third...

Section 491.370. - 491.370. Costs incurred by or taxed against the plaintiff in...

ARTICLE 3 - Lien in Pending Action or Proceeding

Section 491.410. - 491.410. (a) If the defendant is a party to a...

Section 491.415. - 491.415. (a) For the purpose of applying for a right...

Section 491.420. - 491.420. The notice of lien under Section 491.410 shall contain...

Section 491.430. - 491.430. (a) The court in which the action or special...

Section 491.440. - 491.440. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) of Section...

Section 491.450. - 491.450. (a) If a lien is created pursuant to this...

Section 491.460. - 491.460. (a) If the defendant is entitled to money or...

Section 491.470. - 491.470. (a) If a lien is created under this article,...

CHAPTER 12 - Nonresident Attachment

Section 492.010. - 492.010. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 483.010, an attachment may...

Section 492.020. - 492.020. (a) Upon the filing of the complaint or at...

Section 492.030. - 492.030. (a) The court shall examine the application and supporting...

Section 492.040. - 492.040. Notwithstanding Sections 487.010 and 487.020, a writ of attachment...

Section 492.050. - 492.050. (a) Any defendant whose property has been attached pursuant...

Section 492.060. - 492.060. At any time after a right to attach order...

Section 492.070. - 492.070. The application shall be executed under oath and shall...

Section 492.090. - 492.090. The court shall examine the application and supporting affidavit...

CHAPTER 13 - Effect of Bankruptcy Proceedings and General Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors

Section 493.010. - 493.010. As used in this chapter, “general assignment for the...

Section 493.020. - 493.020. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the defendant...

Section 493.030. - 493.030. (a) The making of a general assignment for the...

Section 493.040. - 493.040. (a) Where a lien of attachment terminates pursuant to...

Section 493.050. - 493.050. (a) The lien of a temporary protective order or...

Section 493.060. - 493.060. (a) Upon the making of a general assignment for...