California Code of Civil Procedure ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

  • Section 488.010.
    The writ of attachment shall include the following information:(a) The date of issuance of the writ.(b) The title of the court that issued the writ and the...
  • Section 488.020.
    (a) A writ of attachment shall be directed to a levying officer in the county in which property of the defendant described in the writ may...
  • Section 488.030.
    (a) The plaintiff shall give the levying officer instructions in writing. The instructions shall be signed by the plaintiff’s attorney of record or, if the plaintiff...
  • Section 488.040.
    (a) If the levying officer is required by any provision of this title to serve any writ, order, notice, or other paper on any person, the...
  • Section 488.050.
    (a) Except as otherwise provided by law:(1) As a prerequisite to the performance by the levying officer of a duty under this title, the plaintiff shall deposit...
  • Section 488.060.
    The notice of attachment shall inform the person notified of all of the following:(a) The capacity in which the person is notified.(b) The specific property which is...
  • Section 488.065.
    A copy of the original notice of attachment which has been served upon a third party holding the property sought to be attached, if served...
  • Section 488.070.
    If a writ of attachment has been issued and personal property sought to be attached under the writ is located in a private place of...
  • Section 488.080.
    (a) A registered process server may levy under a writ of attachment on the following types of property:(1) Real property, pursuant to Section 488.315.(2) Growing crops, timber to...
  • Section 488.090.
    Except as otherwise provided by statute, where the method of levy upon property requires that property be taken into custody or where the levying officer...
  • Section 488.100.
    The levying officer has a special lien, dependent upon possession, on personal property levied upon in the amount of the levying officer’s costs for which...
  • Section 488.110.
    A third person shall claim an interest in property attached in the manner provided for third-party claims under Division 4 (commencing with Section 720.010) of...
  • Section 488.120.
    In any case where property has been levied upon and, pursuant to a levy, a copy of the writ of attachment and a notice of...
  • Section 488.130.
    (a) The levying officer to whom the writ of attachment is delivered shall return the writ to the court from which the writ issued, together with...
  • Section 488.140.
    (a) The levying officer or registered process server is not liable for actions taken in conformance with the provisions of this title, including actions taken in...

Last modified: October 22, 2018