Sections
29 entriesSection 481.010Defines the title by applying the definitions contained in this chapter unless a particular provision or the context requires otherwise. The chapter's…Section 481.020Defines account debtor by incorporating the definition of that term in the specified paragraph and subdivision of the Commercial Code. The provision…Section 481.030Defines account receivable by adopting the definition of account in the specified paragraph of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code. The provision…Section 481.040Defines chattel paper by adopting the definition of chattel paper in the specified paragraph of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code. The…Section 481.055Defines costs to mean costs and disbursements and expressly includes statutory fees, charges, commissions, and expenses without limiting the term to those…Section 481.060Defines complaint to include a cross-complaint. The term therefore encompasses both an original complaint and a cross-complaint for purposes of the provisions…Section 481.070Defines defendant to include a cross-defendant. The term therefore encompasses both a defendant and a person named as a cross-defendant for purposes…Section 481.080Defines deposit account by incorporating the definition of that term in the specified paragraph and subdivision of the Commercial Code. The provision…Section 481.090Defines document of title by incorporating the Commercial Code definition of document in the specified provision. Also defines a document of title…Section 481.100Defines equipment as tangible personal property possessed by the defendant and used or bought primarily for use in the defendant's trade, business,…Section 481.110Defines farm products as crops, livestock, farming supplies or products, and unmanufactured crop or livestock products while possessed by a defendant engaged…Section 481.113Defines financial institution to include a state or national bank, state or federal savings and loan association, credit union, or similar organization.…Section 481.115Defines general intangibles by incorporating the referenced Commercial Code definition but limits the term here to general intangibles consisting of rights to…Section 481.117Defines instrument by incorporating the definition of instrument in the specified paragraph and subdivision of the Commercial Code. The provision supplies no…Section 481.120Defines inventory as tangible personal property possessed by a defendant and held for sale, lease, or furnishing under service contracts, or consisting…Section 481.140Defines levying officer as the sheriff or marshal who is directed to execute a writ or order issued under the title. The…Section 481.170Defines person to include a natural person, corporation, partnership or other unincorporated association, limited liability company, and public entity. The term therefore…Section 481.175Defines personal property to include both tangible personal property and intangible personal property. The term therefore encompasses property in either of those…Section 481.180Defines plaintiff as a person who files either a complaint or a cross-complaint. The term therefore covers the filer of either type…Section 481.190Defines probable validity of a claim as a showing that the plaintiff is more likely than not to obtain a judgment against…Section 481.195Defines property to include real property, personal property, and any interest in either category. The term therefore reaches both real and personal…Section 481.200Defines public entity to include California, the University of California Regents, counties, cities, districts, public authorities, public agencies, and any other political…Section 481.203Defines real property to include any right in real property and expressly includes leasehold interests as one example. The provision makes the…Section 481.205Defines a registered process server as a person registered as a process server under the specified chapter of Division 8 of the…Section 481.207Defines secured party by incorporating the definition of that term in the specified paragraph and subdivision of the Commercial Code. The provision…Section 481.210Defines security by adopting the meaning of security stated in Section 8102 of the Commercial Code. The provision does not supply a…Section 481.220Defines security agreement by incorporating the definition of that term in the specified paragraph and subdivision of the Commercial Code. The provision…Section 481.223Defines security interest by adopting the meaning of security interest stated in Section 1201 of the Commercial Code. The provision does not…Section 481.225Defines tangible personal property to include chattel paper, documents of title, instruments, securities, and money. Each of those listed categories is expressly…