California Code
PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS
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...

DIVISION 2 - ENFORCEMENT OF MONEY JUDGMENTS

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Property Subject to Enforcement of Money Judgment

Section 695.010. - 695.010. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, all property...

Section 695.020. - 695.020. (a) Community property is subject to enforcement of a...

Section 695.030. - 695.030. (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, property of...

Section 695.035. - 695.035. (a) A lessee’s interest in real property may be...

Section 695.040. - 695.040. Property that is not subject to enforcement of a...

Section 695.050. - 695.050. A money judgment against a public entity is not...

Section 695.060. - 695.060. Except as provided in Section 708.630, a license issued...

Section 695.070. - 695.070. (a) Notwithstanding the transfer or encumbrance of property subject...

ARTICLE 2 - Amount to Satisfy Money Judgment

Section 695.210. - 695.210. The amount required to satisfy a money judgment is...

Section 695.211. - 695.211. (a) Every money judgment or order for child support...

Section 695.215. - 695.215. Payment in satisfaction of a money judgment, including payment...

Section 695.220. - 695.220. Money received in satisfaction of a money judgment, except...

Section 695.221. - 695.221. Satisfaction of a money judgment for support shall be...

CHAPTER 2 - Liens

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 697.010. - 697.010. Except as otherwise provided by statute, a lien created...

Section 697.020. - 697.020. (a) If a lien is created on property pursuant...

Section 697.030. - 697.030. Subject to Sections 683.180 to 683.200, inclusive, and to...

Section 697.040. - 697.040. (a) If enforcement of the judgment is stayed on...

Section 697.050. - 697.050. If a lien created pursuant to this division is...

Section 697.060. - 697.060. (a) An abstract or certified copy of a money...

ARTICLE 2 - Judgment Lien on Real Property

Section 697.310. - 697.310. (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a judgment...

Section 697.320. - 697.320. (a) A judgment lien on real property is created...

Section 697.330. - 697.330. (a) In the case of a money judgment entered...

Section 697.340. - 697.340. Except as provided in Section 704.950: (a) A judgment...

Section 697.350. - 697.350. (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a judgment...

Section 697.360. - 697.360. (a) If a judgment lien on real property has...

Section 697.370. - 697.370. (a) The judgment creditor may do either of the...

Section 697.380. - 697.380. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Installment judgment...

Section 697.390. - 697.390. If an interest in real property that is subject...

Section 697.400. - 697.400. (a) The judgment creditor, judgment debtor, or owner of...

Section 697.410. - 697.410. (a) If a recorded abstract of a money judgment...

ARTICLE 3 - Judgment Lien on Personal Property

Section 697.510. - 697.510. (a) A judgment lien on personal property described in...

Section 697.520. - 697.520. A judgment lien on personal property may be created...

Section 697.530. - 697.530. (a) A judgment lien on personal property is a...

Section 697.540. - 697.540. (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a judgment...

Section 697.550. - 697.550. The notice of judgment lien on personal property shall...

Section 697.560. - 697.560. At the time of filing the notice of judgment...

Section 697.570. - 697.570. Upon presentation of a notice of judgment lien on...

Section 697.580. - 697.580. (a) Upon the request of any person, the Secretary...

Section 697.590. - 697.590. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Filing” means:...

Section 697.600. - 697.600. (a) A judgment lien on personal property has priority...

Section 697.610. - 697.610. Except as provided in Sections 9617 and 9622 of...

Section 697.620. - 697.620. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Cash proceeds”...

Section 697.640. - 697.640. (a) The judgment creditor, judgment debtor, owner of property...

Section 697.650. - 697.650. (a) The judgment creditor may by a writing do...

Section 697.660. - 697.660. (a)If a notice of judgment lien on personal property...

Section 697.670. - 697.670. (a) The Secretary of State may prescribe, provided that...

ARTICLE 4 - Execution Lien

Section 697.710. - 697.710. A levy on property under a writ of execution...

Section 697.720. - 697.720. Subject to Section 701.630, if an interest in real...

Section 697.730. - 697.730. (a) Subject to Section 701.630 and except as provided...

Section 697.740. - 697.740. Except as provided in Sections 9617 and 9622 of...

Section 697.750. - 697.750. Notwithstanding Section 697.740, except as provided in Section 9617...

ARTICLE 5 - Other Liens Created by Enforcement Process

Section 697.910. - 697.910. This article applies to liens created by any of...

Section 697.920. - 697.920. Except as provided in Section 9617 of the Commercial...

CHAPTER 3 - Execution

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 699.010. - 699.010. Except as otherwise provided by statute, this chapter governs...

Section 699.020. - 699.020. At any time after delivery of a writ of...

Section 699.030. - 699.030. If personal property sought to be levied upon is...

Section 699.040. - 699.040. (a)If a writ of execution is issued, the judgment...

Section 699.060. - 699.060. (a)The levying officer shall release property levied upon when...

Section 699.070. - 699.070. (a) The court may appoint a receiver or order...

Section 699.080. - 699.080. (a) A registered process server may levy under a...

Section 699.090. - 699.090. If property that is required by law to be...

ARTICLE 2 - Writ of Execution and Notice of Levy

Section 699.510. - 699.510. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), after entry of a...

Section 699.520. - 699.520. The writ of execution shall require the levying officer...

Section 699.530. - 699.530. (a) Upon delivery of the writ of execution to...

Section 699.540. - 699.540. The notice of levy required by Article 4 (commencing...

Section 699.545. - 699.545. A copy of the original notice of levy which...

Section 699.550. - 699.550. In any case where property has been levied upon...

Section 699.560. - 699.560. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

ARTICLE 3 - Property Subject to Execution

Section 699.710. - 699.710. Except as otherwise provided by law, all property that...

Section 699.720. - 699.720. (a) The following types of property are not subject...

Section 699.730. - 699.730. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the principal place of...

ARTICLE 4 - Methods of Levy

Section 700.010. - 700.010. (a) At the time of levy pursuant to this...

Section 700.015. - 700.015. (a) To levy upon real property, the levying officer...

Section 700.020. - 700.020. (a) To levy upon (1) growing crops, (2) timber...

Section 700.030. - 700.030. Unless another method of levy is provided by this...

Section 700.040. - 700.040. (a) Unless another method of levy is provided by...

Section 700.050. - 700.050. (a) To levy upon personal property in the custody...

Section 700.060. - 700.060. (a) To levy upon goods in the possession of...

Section 700.070. - 700.070. To levy upon tangible personal property of a going...

Section 700.080. - 700.080. (a) To levy upon personal property used as a...

Section 700.090. - 700.090. If a vehicle or vessel is levied upon and...

Section 700.100. - 700.100. (a) To levy upon chattel paper, the levying officer...

Section 700.110. - 700.110. (a) To levy upon an instrument, the levying officer...

Section 700.120. - 700.120. To levy upon a negotiable document of title, the...

Section 700.130. - 700.130. To levy upon a security, the levying officer shall...

Section 700.140. - 700.140. (a) Subject to Sections 684.115 and 700.160, to levy...

Section 700.150. - 700.150. (a) Subject to Section 700.160, to levy upon property...

Section 700.160. - 700.160. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a deposit...

Section 700.170. - 700.170. (a) Unless another method of levy is provided by...

Section 700.180. - 700.180. (a) The following property may be levied upon pursuant...

Section 700.190. - 700.190. (a) As used in this section, “final money judgment”...

Section 700.200. - 700.200. (a) To levy upon the interest of the judgment...

ARTICLE 5 - Duties and Liabilities of Third Persons After Levy

Section 701.010. - 701.010. (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, when a...

Section 701.020. - 701.020. (a) If a third person is required by this...

Section 701.030. - 701.030. (a) At the time of service of a copy...

Section 701.035. - 701.035. A third person who gives a garnishee’s memorandum pursuant...

Section 701.040. - 701.040. (a) Except as otherwise ordered by the court upon...

Section 701.050. - 701.050. After service of a copy of the writ of...

Section 701.060. - 701.060. If the levying officer obtains custody of an instrument...

Section 701.070. - 701.070. If a final money judgment has been levied upon...

ARTICLE 6 - Sale and Collection

Section 701.510. - 701.510. Subject to Sections 687.020 and 701.520, the levying officer...

Section 701.520. - 701.520. (a) Except as provided in this section, any of...

Section 701.530. - 701.530. (a) Notice of sale of personal property shall be...

Section 701.540. - 701.540. (a) Notice of sale of an interest in real...

Section 701.545. - 701.545. Notice of sale of an interest in real property,...

Section 701.547. - 701.547. A notice of sale shall contain the substance of...

Section 701.550. - 701.550. (a) In addition to the notice of sale required...

Section 701.555. - 701.555. In addition to the notice of sale required by...

Section 701.560. - 701.560. (a) Failure to give notice of sale as required...

Section 701.570. - 701.570. (a) A sale of property shall be held at...

Section 701.580. - 701.580. The judgment debtor and judgment creditor together may request...

Section 701.590. - 701.590. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the...

Section 701.600. - 701.600. If the highest bidder does not pay the amount...

Section 701.610. - 701.610. The levying officer may not be a purchaser or...

Section 701.620. - 701.620. (a) Property may not be sold unless the amount...

Section 701.630. - 701.630. If property is sold pursuant to this article, the...

Section 701.640. - 701.640. The purchaser of property at an execution sale acquires...

Section 701.650. - 701.650. (a) When the purchaser of personal property pays the...

Section 701.660. - 701.660. When the purchaser of an interest in real property...

Section 701.670. - 701.670. The certificate of sale or deed of sale shall...

Section 701.680. - 701.680. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision...

ARTICLE 7 - Distribution of Proceeds of Sale or Collection

Section 701.810. - 701.810. Except as otherwise provided by statute, the levying officer...

Section 701.820. - 701.820. (a) Promptly after a sale or collection under this...

Section 701.830. - 701.830. (a) If there are conflicting claims to all or...

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...

CHAPTER 5 - Wage Garnishment

ARTICLE 1 - Short Title; Definitions

Section 706.010. - 706.010. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 706.011. - 706.011. As used in this chapter: (a) “Disposable earnings” means...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 706.020. - 706.020. Except for an earning assignment order for support, the...

Section 706.021. - 706.021. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a levy...

Section 706.022. - 706.022. (a) As used in this section, “withholding period” means...

Section 706.023. - 706.023. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter: (a) An...

Section 706.024. - 706.024. (a) The amount required to satisfy an earnings withholding...

Section 706.025. - 706.025. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the amount...

Section 706.026. - 706.026. (a) The levying officer shall receive and account for...

Section 706.027. - 706.027. If the judgment pursuant to which the earnings withholding...

Section 706.028. - 706.028. (a) “Final earnings withholding order for costs and interest”...

Section 706.029. - 706.029. Service of an earnings withholding order creates a lien...

Section 706.030. - 706.030. (a) A “withholding order for support” is an earnings...

Section 706.031. - 706.031. (a) Nothing in this chapter affects an earnings assignment...

Section 706.032. - 706.032. (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute: (1) If...

Section 706.033. - 706.033. If the writ is returned before the earnings withholding...

Section 706.034. - 706.034. The employer may deduct from the earnings of the...

ARTICLE 3 - Restrictions on Earnings Withholding

Section 706.050. - 706.050. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the...

Section 706.050. - 706.050. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the...

Section 706.051. - 706.051. (a) For the purposes of this section, “family of...

Section 706.052. - 706.052. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), one-half of...

ARTICLE 4 - Earnings Withholding Order for Taxes

Section 706.070. - 706.070. As used in this article: (a) “State” means the...

Section 706.071. - 706.071. This chapter does not limit the state’s right to...

Section 706.072. - 706.072. (a) A “withholding order for taxes” is an earnings...

Section 706.073. - 706.073. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the provisions...

Section 706.074. - 706.074. (a) The state may itself issue a withholding order...

Section 706.075. - 706.075. (a) This section applies to any withholding order for...

Section 706.076. - 706.076. (a) A withholding order for taxes may be issued...

Section 706.077. - 706.077. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), an employer upon whom...

Section 706.078. - 706.078. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the employer...

Section 706.080. - 706.080. Service of a withholding order for taxes or of...

Section 706.081. - 706.081. Except for the forms referred to in Section 706.076,...

Section 706.082. - 706.082. No review of the taxpayer’s tax liability shall be...

Section 706.084. - 706.084. Where a warrant, notice of levy, or notice or...

ARTICLE 5 - Procedure for Earnings Withholding Orders and Exemption Claims

Section 706.100. - 706.100. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Judicial Council...

Section 706.101. - 706.101. (a) An earnings withholding order shall be served by...

Section 706.102. - 706.102. (a) If a writ of execution has been issued...

Section 706.103. - 706.103. (a) The levying officer shall serve upon the designated...

Section 706.104. - 706.104. Any employer who is served with an earnings withholding...

Section 706.105. - 706.105. (a) A judgment debtor may claim an exemption under...

Section 706.106. - 706.106. No findings are required in court proceedings under this...

Section 706.108. - 706.108. (a) If a writ of execution has been issued...

Section 706.109. - 706.109. An earnings withholding order may not be issued against...

ARTICLE 6 - Forms; Employer s Instructions

Section 706.120. - 706.120. Except as provided in Section 706.081, the Judicial Council...

Section 706.121. - 706.121. The “application for issuance of earnings withholding order” shall...

Section 706.122. - 706.122. The “notice to employee of earnings withholding order” shall...

Section 706.123. - 706.123. The “judgment debtor’s claim of exemption” shall be executed...

Section 706.124. - 706.124. The “judgment debtor’s financial statement” shall be executed as...

Section 706.125. - 706.125. The “earnings withholding order” shall include all of the...

Section 706.126. - 706.126. (a) The “employer’s return” shall be executed under oath....

Section 706.127. - 706.127. (a) The Judicial Council shall prepare “employer’s instructions” for...

Section 706.128. - 706.128. The “judgment creditor’s notice of opposition to the claim...

Section 706.129. - 706.129. The levying officer shall have copies of the forms...

ARTICLE 7 - Administration and Enforcement

Section 706.151. - 706.151. The Judicial Council may perform all acts required by...

Section 706.152. - 706.152. If an employer withholds earnings pursuant to this chapter...

Section 706.153. - 706.153. (a) No employer shall defer or accelerate any payment...

Section 706.154. - 706.154. (a) If an employer fails to withhold or to...

CHAPTER 6 - Miscellaneous Creditors Remedies

ARTICLE 1 - Written Interrogatories to Judgment Debtor

Section 708.010. - 708.010. (a) Except as provided in this section and in...

Section 708.020. - 708.020. (a) The judgment creditor may propound written interrogatories to...

Section 708.030. - 708.030. (a) The judgment creditor may demand that any judgment...

ARTICLE 2 - Examination Proceedings

Section 708.110. - 708.110. (a) The judgment creditor may apply to the proper...

Section 708.120. - 708.120. (a) Upon ex parte application by a judgment creditor...

Section 708.130. - 708.130. (a) Witnesses may be required to appear and testify...

Section 708.140. - 708.140. (a) The examination proceedings authorized by this article may...

Section 708.150. - 708.150. (a) (1) If a corporation, partnership, association, trust, limited...

Section 708.160. - 708.160. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the...

Section 708.170. - 708.170. (a) If an order requiring a person to appear...

Section 708.180. - 708.180. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), if a third person...

Section 708.190. - 708.190. The court may permit a person claiming an interest...

Section 708.200. - 708.200. In any proceeding under this article, the court may,...

Section 708.205. - 708.205. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), at the...

ARTICLE 3 - Creditor s Suit

Section 708.210. - 708.210. If a third person has possession or control of...

Section 708.220. - 708.220. The judgment debtor shall be joined in an action...

Section 708.230. - 708.230. (a)Except as provided in subdivision (b), an action shall...

Section 708.240. - 708.240. The judgment creditor may apply to the court in...

Section 708.250. - 708.250. Service of summons on the third person creates a...

Section 708.260. - 708.260. (a)In an action brought pursuant to this article, the...

Section 708.270. - 708.270. There is no right to a jury trial in...

Section 708.280. - 708.280. (a)The court shall determine any exemption claim made in...

Section 708.290. - 708.290. Costs incurred by or taxed against the judgment creditor...

ARTICLE 4 - Charging Orders

Section 708.310. - 708.310. If a money judgment is rendered against a partner...

Section 708.320. - 708.320. (a) A lien on a judgment debtor’s interest in...

ARTICLE 5 - Lien in Pending Action or Proceeding

Section 708.410. - 708.410. (a)A judgment creditor who has a money judgment against...

Section 708.420. - 708.420. The notice of lien under Section 708.410 shall contain...

Section 708.430. - 708.430. (a)The court in which the action or special proceeding...

Section 708.440. - 708.440. (a)Except as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 708.410,...

Section 708.450. - 708.450. (a) If a lien is created under this article,...

Section 708.460. - 708.460. (a) If a lien is created pursuant to this...

Section 708.470. - 708.470. (a) If the judgment debtor is entitled to money...

Section 708.480. - 708.480. A lien created under this article may be enforced...

ARTICLE 6 - Assignment Order

Section 708.510. - 708.510. (a)Except as otherwise provided by law, upon application of...

Section 708.520. - 708.520. (a)When an application is made pursuant to Section 708.510...

Section 708.530. - 708.530. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the effect...

Section 708.540. - 708.540. The rights of an obligor are not affected by...

Section 708.550. - 708.550. (a) The judgment debtor may claim that all or...

Section 708.560. - 708.560. (a) Either the judgment creditor or the judgment debtor...

ARTICLE 7 - Receiver to Enforce Judgment

Section 708.610. - 708.610. The provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 564)...

Section 708.620. - 708.620. The court may appoint a receiver to enforce the...

Section 708.630. - 708.630. (a) The judgment debtor’s interest in an alcoholic beverage...

ARTICLE 8 - Collection of Judgment Where Judgment Debtor Is Creditor of Public Entity

Section 708.710. - 708.710. As used in this article: (a) “Local public entity”...

Section 708.720. - 708.720. (a) If a public entity owes money to the...

Section 708.730. - 708.730. (a) If money is owing and unpaid to the...

Section 708.740. - 708.740. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), if money...

Section 708.750. - 708.750. If money is owing and unpaid to the judgment...

Section 708.755. - 708.755. (a) Upon compliance with this section, the lien of...

Section 708.760. - 708.760. (a) If the judgment debtor named in the abstract...

Section 708.770. - 708.770. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (g), promptly after...

Section 708.775. - 708.775. After the expiration of the period allowed for claiming...

Section 708.780. - 708.780. (a) Filing of the abstract or certified copy of...

Section 708.785. - 708.785. (a) The judgment creditor upon filing the abstract or...

Section 708.790. - 708.790. No public officer or employee is liable for failure...

Section 708.795. - 708.795. Except as to sums due and unpaid under a...

ARTICLE 9 - Enforcement Against Franchise

Section 708.910. - 708.910. As used in this article, “franchise” means a franchise...

Section 708.920. - 708.920. (a) The court may, in its discretion, order a...

Section 708.930. - 708.930. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, an order...

ARTICLE 10 - Other Enforcement Procedures

Section 709.010. - 709.010. (a) As used in this section, “trust” has the...

Section 709.020. - 709.020. The judgment creditor may apply to the court on...

Section 709.030. - 709.030. Property in a guardianship or conservatorship estate is not...

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