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Code of Civil Procedure § 720.120

CHAPTER 2. Third-Party Claims of Ownership and Possession

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 720.120Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 1364.

A person making a third-party claim under this chapter shall file the claim with the levying officer, together with two copies of the claim, after levy on the property but before the levying officer does any of the following:

(a) Sells the property.

(b) Delivers possession of the property to the creditor.

(c) Pays proceeds of collection to the creditor.