Sections
33 entriesSection 680.010Defines the title’s official name as the Enforcement of Judgments Law and allows the title to be cited by that name. The…Section 680.110Defines the default interpretive rule for the title by making the definitions contained in this chapter control construction of the title. A…Section 680.120Defines account debtor by adopting the meaning assigned to that term in the specifically referenced Commercial Code provision. For purposes of the…Section 680.130Defines account receivable by adopting the Commercial Code definition of account found in the specifically referenced paragraph and subdivision. For purposes of…Section 680.135Defines an Affidavit of Identity as a penalty-of-perjury affidavit or declaration filed by a judgment creditor with the clerk when seeking a…Section 680.140Defines “chattel paper” solely by incorporating the meaning assigned to that term in paragraph (11) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of…Section 680.145Defines “child support” to include family support for purposes governed by the applicable title. The term encompasses both support expressly described as…Section 680.150Defines costs as costs and disbursements, expressly including statutory fees, charges, commissions, and expenses without limiting the term to those examples. The…Section 680.160Defines “court,” for purposes of the applicable enforcement provisions, as the court in which the judgment being enforced was entered. The term…Section 680.170Defines deposit account by adopting the meaning assigned to that term in the specifically referenced Commercial Code provision. For purposes of this…Section 680.180Defines document of title by adopting the referenced Commercial Code definition of document. It further provides that a document of title is…Section 680.190Defines “equity” as the fair market value of the judgment debtor’s interest in property above liens and encumbrances that are superior to…Section 680.200Defines financial institution to include a state or national bank, a state or federal savings and loan association or credit union, or…Section 680.210Defines general intangibles by incorporating the referenced Commercial Code definition of general intangibles and limiting the term here to those consisting of…Section 680.220Defines 'instrument' by incorporating the definition assigned to that term in paragraph (47) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial…Section 680.230Defines judgment as a judgment, order, or decree entered in a court of California. The term therefore covers each of those three…Section 680.240Defines judgment creditor as the person in whose favor judgment is rendered or, when an assignee of record exists, that assignee. Unless…Section 680.250Defines “judgment debtor” as the person against whom a judgment is rendered. The term turns solely on being the person subject to…Section 680.260Defines “levying officer” as either the sheriff or the marshal. The term is limited by the text to those two officials, and…Section 680.270Defines “money judgment” as the portion of a judgment that requires money to be paid. The term applies only to that payment-requiring…Section 680.280Defines person to include a natural person, corporation, partnership or other unincorporated association, a general partner of a partnership, a limited liability…Section 680.290Defines “personal property” to include both tangible personal property and intangible personal property. The provision expressly covers both physical and nonphysical forms…Section 680.300Defines principal amount of the judgment as the judgment total as entered or last renewed, together with costs later added under the…Section 680.310Defines “property” to include both real property and personal property, as well as any interest in either kind of property. The definition…Section 680.320Defines real property to include any right in real property, not only ownership of the property itself. The definition specifically includes a…Section 680.330Defines “registered process server” as a person who is registered as a process server under the referenced chapter of the Business and…Section 680.340Defines secured party by adopting the meaning assigned to that term in the specifically referenced Commercial Code provision. For purposes of the…Section 680.345Defines “security” by incorporating the meaning assigned to “security” in Section 8102 of the Commercial Code. The provision does not create a…Section 680.350Defines security agreement by adopting the meaning assigned to that term in the specifically referenced Commercial Code provision. For purposes of the…Section 680.360Defines “security interest” by incorporating the meaning assigned to that term in Section 1201 of the Commercial Code. The provision supplies no…Section 680.365Defines spousal support to include support payable for a former spouse. The term therefore is not limited to support for a current…Section 680.370Defines tangible personal property to include chattel paper, documents of title, instruments, securities, and money. The listed items are expressly included within…Section 680.380Defines “writ” to include a writ of execution, a writ of possession of personal property, a writ of possession of real property,…