Title CCP — California Code Civ. Proc.

(a) If a third person is required by this article to deliver property to the levying officer or to make payments to the levying officer and the third person fails or refuses without good cause to do so, the third person is liable to the judgment creditor for whichever of the foll…

(a) At the time of service of a copy of the legal process on a third person, the levying officer shall request the third person to give the levying officer a garnishee’s memorandum containing the information required by this section. Within 10 days after the legal process is serv…

A third person who gives a garnishee’s memorandum pursuant to this title is not liable to any person for the disclosure in the garnishee’s memorandum of any information contained in the garnishee’s memorandum.

(a) Except as otherwise ordered by the court upon a determination that the judgment creditor’s lien has priority over the security interest, if property levied upon is subject to a security interest that attached prior to levy, the property or obligation is subject to enforcement…

After service of a copy of the writ of execution and a notice of levy on an account debtor obligated on an account receivable, chattel paper, or general intangible: (a) If the account debtor has been making payments or is required to make payments to the judgment debtor, the acco…

If the levying officer obtains custody of an instrument levied upon and serves the obligor under the instrument pursuant to the levy, the obligor shall make payments to the levying officer as they become due. Payments made to a person other than the levying officer do not dischar…

If a final money judgment has been levied upon and the levying officer has served the judgment debtor under the final money judgment levied upon, the judgment debtor shall make any payments due under the judgment to the levying officer. Payments made to a person other than the le…

Subject to Sections 687.020 and 701.520, the levying officer shall sell all property that has been levied upon except: (a) Tangible personal property may not be sold until the levying officer obtains custody of the property. (b) Cash may not be sold unless it has a value exceedin…

(a) Except as provided in this section, any of the following property that has been levied upon shall be collected rather than sold: (1) Accounts receivable. (2) Chattel paper. (3) General intangibles. (4) Final money judgments. (5) Instruments that are not customarily transferre…

(a) Notice of sale of personal property shall be in writing, shall state the date, time, and place of sale, and shall describe the property to be sold. (b) Not less than 10 days before a sale of personal property, notice of sale shall be posted and served on the judgment debtor b…

(a) Notice of sale of an interest in real property shall be in writing, shall state the date, time, and place of sale, shall describe the interest to be sold, and shall give a legal description of the real property and its street address or other common designation, if any. If th…

Notice of sale of an interest in real property, other than a leasehold estate with an unexpired term of less than two years at the time of levy, may not be given pursuant to Section 701.540 until the expiration of 120 days after the date notice of levy on the interest in real pro…

A notice of sale shall contain the substance of the following statement: “Prospective bidders should refer to Sections 701.510 to 701.680, inclusive, of the Code of Civil Procedure for provisions governing the terms, conditions, and effect of the sale and the liability of default…

(a) In addition to the notice of sale required by this article, the levying officer shall, at the time notice of sale is posted pursuant to Section 701.530 or 701.540, mail notice of sale to any person who has requested notice of the sale pursuant to this section. (b) A request f…

In addition to the notice of sale required by this article, the judgment creditor may advertise the sale in the classified or other advertising section of a newspaper of general circulation or other publication and may recover reasonable costs of such advertising. The judgment de…

(a) Failure to give notice of sale as required by this article does not invalidate the sale. (b) A levying officer who sells property without giving the required notice is liable to the judgment creditor and the judgment debtor for actual damages caused by failure to give notice.…

(a) A sale of property shall be held at the date, time, and place specified in the notice of sale, which shall be in the county where the property or a part thereof is situated and between the hours of nine in the morning and five in the afternoon. Subject to subdivision (d), rea…

The judgment debtor and judgment creditor together may request in writing that a sale be postponed to an agreed day and hour. The request shall be delivered to the levying officer conducting the sale, and the levying officer shall, by public declaration at the time and place orig…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the purchaser at a sale shall pay in cash or by certified check or cashier’s check. (b) The judgment creditor may bid by giving the levying officer a written receipt crediting all or part of the amount required to satisfy the judg…

If the highest bidder does not pay the amount bid as prescribed by Section 701.590: (a) The levying officer shall sell the property: (1) If the default occurs at the sale, either to the next highest bidder at the amount of the next highest bid if such bidder agrees or to the high…

The levying officer may not be a purchaser or have an interest in any purchase at a sale.

(a) Property may not be sold unless the amount bid exceeds the total of the following amounts: (1) The amount of all preferred labor claims that are required by Section 1206 to be satisfied from the proceeds. (2) The amount of any state tax lien (as defined in Section 7162 of the…

If property is sold pursuant to this article, the lien under which it is sold, any liens subordinate thereto, and any state tax lien (as defined in Section 7162 of the Government Code) on the property sold are extinguished.

The purchaser of property at an execution sale acquires any interest of the judgment debtor in the property sold (1) that is held on the effective date of the lien under which the property was sold or (2) that is acquired between such effective date and the date of sale.

(a) When the purchaser of personal property pays the amount due: (1) If the property is capable of manual delivery, the levying officer shall deliver the property to the purchaser and, if the purchaser so requests, shall execute and deliver a certificate of sale to the purchaser.…

When the purchaser of an interest in real property pays the amount due to the levying officer, including any amount required to be paid as a documentary transfer tax pursuant to Section 11911 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the levying officer conducting the sale shall execute …

The certificate of sale or deed of sale shall contain all of the following: (a) The title of the court where the judgment was entered under which the sale was made and the cause and number of the action. (b) The date of entry of the judgment and of any subsequent renewals and whe…

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c), a sale of property pursuant to this article is absolute and shall not be set aside for any reason. (b) If the judgment is reversed, vacated, or otherwise set aside, the judgment debtor may recover from the judgment credi…

Except as otherwise provided by statute, the levying officer shall distribute the proceeds of sale or collection in the following order: (a) To persons having preferred labor claims that are required by Section 1206 to be satisfied from the proceeds, in the amounts required by Se…

(a) Promptly after a sale or collection under this title, the levying officer shall distribute the proceeds to the persons entitled thereto or, in cases covered by Section 701.830, deposit the proceeds with the court. (b) Except as otherwise provided by statute, the proceeds shal…

(a) If there are conflicting claims to all or a portion of the proceeds of sale or collection known to the levying officer before the proceeds are distributed, the levying officer may deposit with the court the proceeds that are the subject of the conflicting claims instead of di…

The interests of the parties, plaintiff as well as defendant, may be put in issue, tried, and determined in the action.

To the extent necessary to grant the relief sought or other appropriate relief, the court shall upon adequate proof ascertain the state of the title to the property.

(a) To the extent necessary to grant the relief sought or other appropriate relief, the court shall determine the status and priority of all liens upon the property. (b) The court may appoint a referee to ascertain the facts necessary for the determination required by this sectio…

Where two or more parties are unknown, the court may consider their interests together in the action and not as between each other.

(a) At the trial, the court shall determine whether the plaintiff has the right to partition. (b) Except as provided in Section 872.730, partition as to concurrent interests in the property shall be as of right unless barred by a valid waiver. (c) Partition as to successive estat…

(a) If the court finds that the plaintiff is entitled to partition, it shall make an interlocutory judgment that determines the interests of the parties in the property and orders the partition of the property and, unless it is to be later determined, the manner of partition. (b)…

To the extent that the court determines that the provisions of this title are a suitable remedy, such provisions may be applied in a proceeding for partnership accounting and dissolution, or in an action for partition of partnership property, where the rights of unsecured credito…

The court shall order that the property be divided among the parties in accordance with their interests in the property as determined in the interlocutory judgment.

Notwithstanding Section 872.810, the court shall order that the property be sold and the proceeds be divided among the parties in accordance with their interests in the property as determined in the interlocutory judgment in the following situations: (a) The parties agree to such…

If, in making a determination whether sale would be more equitable than division of the property, the court finds that sale and division of proceeds for part of the property would be more equitable than division of the whole property, the court may order that such part be sold an…

(a) Where the property or an interest therein is subject to an express trust, the court may, in its discretion, order that the property be sold. (b) Upon division or sale of such property, the property or proceeds of sale allotted to the trustee of the express trust shall be held…