California Code of Civil Procedure ARTICLE 3 - Judgment Lien on Personal Property

• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 judgment...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 office...
• Section 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 two...
• Section 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 other...
• Section 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 upon the sale, exchange, collection, or...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 property and...

Last modified: October 22, 2018