California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 4.5 — Recording Notice of Certain Actions, Chapter 3 — Expungement and Other Relief, Section 405.33

In proceedings under this chapter, the court shall order that the notice be expunged if the court finds that the real property claim has probable validity, but adequate relief can be secured to the claimant by the giving of an undertaking. The expungement order shall be conditioned upon the giving of the undertaking of such nature and in such amount as will indemnify the claimant for all damages proximately resulting from the expungement which the claimant may incur if the claimant prevails upon the real property claim. In its order conditionally expunging the notice, the court shall set a return date for the moving party to show fulfillment of the condition, and if the moving party fails to show fulfillment of the condition on the return day, the court shall deny the motion to expunge without further notice or hearing. Recovery may be had on the undertaking pursuant to Section 996.440.

For purposes only of determining under this section whether the giving of an undertaking will secure adequate relief to the claimant, the presumption of Section 3387 of the Civil Code that real property is unique shall not apply, except in the case of real property improved with a single-family dwelling which the claimant intends to occupy.

Notes

Requires conditional expungement when a real-property claim probably is valid but an undertaking can adequately protect the claimant, with security sufficient to cover resulting damages if the claimant prevails. Requires denial without further hearing if the condition is unmet by the return date, and preserves the uniqueness presumption only for an intended single-family residence when assessing adequate relief.

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