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Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 704.730

Homestead Exemption

Known as the Enforcement of Judgments Law

The act spans §§ 680–724 (467 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In Re: Michele McKee v. Karl Anderson (2024)

Most recently applied in In Re: Michele McKee v. Karl Anderson (January 2024)

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 80, Sec. 24

(a) The amount of the homestead exemption is the greater of the following:

(1) The countywide median sale price for a single-family home in the calendar year prior to the calendar year in which the judgment debtor claims the exemption, not to exceed six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000).

(2) Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000).

(b) The amounts specified in this section shall adjust annually for inflation, beginning on January 1, 2022, based on the change in the annual California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, published by the Department of Industrial Relations, for the most recent one-year period ending on December 31 preceding the adjustment, with each adjusted amount rounded to the nearest twenty-five dollars ($25).

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.