California Code of Civil Procedure Section 486.020

CA Civ Pro Code § 486.020 (2017)  

The court shall examine the application, supporting affidavit, and other papers on record and shall issue a temporary protective order, which shall state the amount sought to be secured by the attachment under the application for the right to attach order, upon the filing of an undertaking as provided by Sections 489.210 and 489.220, if it finds all of the following:

(a) The claim upon which the application for attachment is based is one upon which an attachment may be issued.

(b) The plaintiff has established the probable validity of the claim upon which the application for the attachment is based.

(c) The order is not sought for a purpose other than the recovery upon the claim upon which the application for the attachment is based.

(d) The plaintiff will suffer great or irreparable injury (within the meaning of Section 485.010) if the temporary protective order is not issued.

(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1198, Sec. 42.5. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 70 of Ch. 1198.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018