Sections
15 entriesSection 703.010Establishes that statutory exemptions generally apply to all procedures for enforcing a money judgment unless another statute provides otherwise. Those exemptions do…Section 703.020Limits the chapter’s exemptions to property of a natural person and allows them to be claimed by the judgment debtor or someone…Section 703.030Allows a claim-required exemption to be asserted only within the time and manner prescribed by the applicable enforcement procedure; failure to claim…Section 703.040Prohibits a contractual or other advance waiver of exemptions provided by this chapter or another statute, declaring such a waiver against public…Section 703.050Sets exemption status and amount under the exemption law in effect when the creditor’s lien was created, or at the earliest lien…Section 703.060Establishes legislative policy that, unless a statute provides otherwise, exemption laws and procedures in effect when a money judgment is enforced apply…Section 703.070Allows statutory exemptions, unless another statute provides otherwise, to apply to child, family, and spousal-support judgments and bars use of property exempt…Section 703.080Extends an exempt fund's protection, subject to the exemption's limits, into traceable deposit-account funds, cash, or cash equivalents. The claimant bears the…Section 703.090Bars a judgment creditor from recovering later collection costs when the creditor failed timely to oppose an exemption claim or a court…Section 703.100Sets exemption status based on circumstances at the earliest of levy, commencement of court proceedings to apply the property, or creation of…Section 703.110Limits married spouses to the number and amount of exemptions regardless of which spouse owes the judgment or whether property is separate…Section 703.115Requires the court, when determining a needs-based exemption for a judgment debtor and spouse, dependents, or family, to consider all property of…Section 703.130Prohibits a person who may elect state or local exemption law under the specified federal Bankruptcy Code provision from electing the federal…Section 703.140Allows debtors under Title 11 to elect these exemptions; joint spouses choose one system, and individual spouses generally need both waivers unless…Section 703.150Requires exemption amounts to adjust every three years using preceding three-year California Consumer Price Index change, rounded to the nearest $25. Cycles…