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Code of Civil Procedure § 724.020

CHAPTER 1. Satisfaction of Judgment

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 724.020Official source ↗

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

The court clerk shall enter satisfaction of a money judgment in the register of actions when the following occur:

(a) A writ is returned satisfied for the full amount of a lump-sum judgment.

(b) An acknowledgment of satisfaction of judgment is filed with the court.

(c) The court orders entry of satisfaction of judgment.