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CHAPTER 2. Liens [697.010. - 697.920.]

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2.

§§ 697.010–697.920 · 42 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 697.010–697.060 · 6 sections
    • § 697.010 Except as otherwise provided by statute, a lien created under this division or under Title 6.5 (commencing with Section 481.010) (attachment) is a lien for the…
    • § 697.020 (a) If a lien is created on property pursuant to Title 6.5 (commencing with Section 481.010) (attachment) and after judgment in the action a lien is created…
    • § 697.030 Subject to Sections 683.180 to 683.200, inclusive, and to Section 697.040, except where a shorter period is provided by statute, a lien created pursuant to…
    • § 697.040 (a) If enforcement of the judgment is stayed on appeal by the giving of a sufficient undertaking under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 916) of Title 13: (1)…
    • § 697.050 If a lien created pursuant to this division is extinguished, property held subject to the lien shall be released unless the property is to be held under…
    • § 697.060 (a) An abstract or certified copy of a money judgment of a court of the United States that is enforceable in this state may be recorded to create a judgment…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Judgment Lien on Real Property §§ 697.310–697.420 · 12 sections
    • § 697.310 (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a judgment lien on real property is created under this section by recording an abstract of a money judgment with…
    • § 697.320 (a) A judgment lien on real property is created under this section by recording an abstract, a notice of support judgment, an interstate lien form promulgated…
    • § 697.330 (a) In the case of a money judgment entered on an order, decision, or award made under Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200) of the Labor Code (workers’…
    • § 697.340 Except as provided in Section 704.950: (a) A judgment lien on real property attaches to all interests in real property in the county where the lien is created…
    • § 697.350 (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a judgment lien on real property is a lien for the amount required to satisfy the money judgment. (b) A judgment…
    • § 697.360 (a) If a judgment lien on real property has been created under a money judgment that is thereafter modified as to its amount, an abstract of the modified…
    • § 697.370 (a) The judgment creditor may do either of the following: (1) Release from the judgment lien all or a part of the real property subject to the lien. (2)…
    • § 697.380 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Installment judgment lien” means a judgment lien created under Section 697.320. (2) “Lump-sum judgment lien” means a judgment…
    • § 697.390 If an interest in real property that is subject to a judgment lien is transferred or encumbered without satisfying or extinguishing the judgment lien: (a) The…
    • § 697.400 (a) The judgment creditor, judgment debtor, or owner of real property subject to a judgment lien on real property created under Section 697.310, may record in…
    • § 697.410 (a) If a recorded abstract of a money judgment or certified copy of a money judgment appears to create a judgment lien on real property of a person who is not…
    • § 697.420 (a) A judgment creditor may apply to the court for an order reinstating a judgment lien on real property with the same priority it held immediately before it…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Judgment Lien on Personal Property §§ 697.510–697.680 · 17 sections
    • § 697.510 (a) A judgment lien on personal property described in Section 697.530 is created by filing a notice of judgment lien in the office of the Secretary of State…
    • § 697.520 A judgment lien on personal property may be created pursuant to this article as an alternative or in addition to a lien created by levy under a writ of…
    • § 697.530 (a) A judgment lien on personal property is a lien on all interests in the following personal property that are subject to enforcement of the money judgment…
    • § 697.540 (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a judgment lien on personal property is a lien for the amount required to satisfy the money judgment. (b) A…
    • § 697.550 The notice of judgment lien on personal property shall be executed under oath by the judgment creditor’s attorney if the judgment creditor has an attorney of…
    • § 697.560 At the time of filing the notice of judgment lien on personal property or promptly thereafter, the judgment creditor shall serve a copy of the notice of…
    • § 697.570 Upon presentation of a notice of judgment lien on personal property for filing and tender of the filing fee to the office of the Secretary of State, the notice…
    • § 697.580 (a) Upon the request of any person, the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate showing whether there is on file in that office on the date and hour…
    • § 697.590 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Filing” means: (A) With respect to a judgment lien on personal property, the filing of a notice of judgment lien in the…
    • § 697.600 (a) A judgment lien on personal property has priority over any other judgment lien thereafter created on the property. (b) For the purpose of this section, if…
    • § 697.610 Except as provided in Sections 9617 and 9622 of the Commercial Code, a judgment lien on personal property continues notwithstanding the sale, exchange, or…
    • § 697.620 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Cash proceeds” means money, checks, deposit accounts, and the like. (2) “Proceeds” means identifiable cash proceeds received…
    • § 697.640 (a) The judgment creditor, judgment debtor, owner of property subject to a judgment lien on personal property created under the judgment, or a person having a…
    • § 697.650 (a) The judgment creditor may by a writing do any of the following: (1) Release the judgment lien on all the personal property subject to the lien of a sole…
    • § 697.660 (a)If a notice of judgment lien on personal property filed in the office of the Secretary of State appears to create a judgment lien on personal property of a…
    • § 697.670 (a) The Secretary of State may prescribe, provided that a cost-savings would be achieved thereby: (1) The forms for the notice of judgment lien on personal…
    • § 697.680 (a) A judgment creditor may apply to the court for an order reinstating a released lien on personal property and its priority at the time of cancellation.…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Execution Lien §§ 697.710–697.750 · 5 sections
    • § 697.710 A levy on property under a writ of execution creates an execution lien on the property from the time of levy until the expiration of two years after the date…
    • § 697.720 Subject to Section 701.630, if an interest in real property subject to an execution lien is transferred or encumbered, the interest transferred or encumbered…
    • § 697.730 (a) Subject to Section 701.630 and except as provided in subdivision (b), if tangible personal property subject to an execution lien is in the custody of a…
    • § 697.740 Except as provided in Sections 9617 and 9622 of the Commercial Code and in Section 701.630, if personal property subject to an execution lien is not in the…
    • § 697.750 Notwithstanding Section 697.740, except as provided in Section 9617 of the Commercial Code and in Section 701.630, if (1) growing crops, (2) timber to be cut,…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Other Liens Created by Enforcement Process §§ 697.910–697.920 · 2 sections
    • § 697.910 This article applies to liens created by any of the following: (a) An examination proceeding as provided in Section 708.110, 708.120, or 708.205. (b) A…
    • § 697.920 Except as provided in Section 9617 of the Commercial Code and in Section 701.630, a lien described in Section 697.910 continues on property subject to the…