{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"683.020","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 683.020","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 9. ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS [680.010. - 724.260.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-9"},{"name":"DIVISION 1. DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS [680.010. - 694.090.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-9/division-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Period for Enforcement and Renewal of Judgments [683.010. - 683.320.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-9/division-1/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Period for Enforcement of Judgments [683.010. - 683.050.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-9/division-1/chapter-3/article-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2.   Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 1364.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Except as otherwise provided by statute, upon the expiration of 10 years after the date of entry of a money judgment or a judgment for possession or sale of property:</p><p>(a) The judgment may not be enforced.</p><p>(b) All enforcement procedures pursuant to the judgment or to a writ or order issued pursuant to the judgment shall cease.</p><p>(c) Any lien created by an enforcement procedure pursuant to the judgment is extinguished.</p>","text":"Except as otherwise provided by statute, upon the expiration of 10 years after the date of entry of a money judgment or a judgment for possession or sale of property: (a) The judgment may not be enforced. (b) All enforcement procedures pursuant to the judgment or to a writ or order issued pursuant to the judgment shall cease. (c) Any lien created by an enforcement procedure pursuant to the judgment is extinguished.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/period-for-enforcement-of-judgments-683-020","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}