Period for Enforcement of Judgments
Known as the Enforcement of Judgments Law
The act spans §§ 680–724 (467 sections).
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case United States v. Gianelli (2008)
Most recently applied in People's Bail Bonds v. Dobos (In Re Dobos) (August 2019)
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Except as otherwise provided by statute, upon the expiration of 10 years after the date of entry of a money judgment or a judgment for possession or sale of property:
(a) The judgment may not be enforced.
(b) All enforcement procedures pursuant to the judgment or to a writ or order issued pursuant to the judgment shall cease.
(c) Any lien created by an enforcement procedure pursuant to the judgment is extinguished.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.