2010 California Code
Code of Civil Procedure
Chapter 1. Short Title And Definitions

680.010.  This title shall be known and may be cited as the
Enforcement of Judgments Law.



680.110.  Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the
definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this title.



680.120.  "Account debtor" means "account debtor" as defined in
paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial
Code.


680.130.  "Account receivable" means "account" as defined in
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial
Code.


680.135.  "Affidavit of Identity" means an affidavit or declaration
executed by a judgment creditor, under penalty of perjury, that is
filed with the clerk of the court in which the judgment is entered at
the time the judgment creditor files for a writ of execution or an
abstract of judgment. The affidavit of identity shall set forth the
case name and number, the name of the judgment debtor stated in the
judgment, the additional name or names by which the judgment debtor
is known, and the facts upon which the judgment creditor has relied
in obtaining the judgment debtor's additional name or names. The
affidavit of identity shall not include the name or names of persons,
including any corporations, partnerships, or any legal entities not
separately named in the judgment in which the judgment debtor is a
partner, shareholder, or member, other than the judgment debtor.



680.140.  "Chattel paper" means "chattel paper" as defined in
paragraph (11) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial
Code.


680.145.  "Child support" includes family support.



680.150.  "Costs" means costs and disbursements, including but not
limited to statutory fees, charges, commissions, and expenses.



680.160.  "Court" means the court where the judgment sought to be
enforced was entered.



680.170.  "Deposit account" means "deposit account" as defined in
paragraph (29) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial
Code.


680.180.  "Document of title" means "document" as defined in
paragraph (30) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial
Code. A document of title is negotiable if it is negotiable within
the meaning of Section 7104 of the Commercial Code.




680.190.  "Equity" means the fair market value of the interest of
the judgment debtor in property, or in the case of community property
the fair market value of the interest of the judgment debtor and the
spouse of the judgment debtor in the property, over and above all
liens and encumbrances on the interest superior to the judgment
creditor's lien.



680.200.  "Financial institution" means a state or national bank,
state or federal savings and loan association or credit union, or
like organization, and includes a corporation engaged in a safe
deposit business.


680.210.  "General intangibles" means "general intangibles," as
defined in paragraph (42) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the
Commercial Code, consisting of rights to payment.



680.220.  "Instrument" means "instrument", as defined in paragraph
(47) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code.



680.230.  "Judgment" means a judgment, order, or decree entered in a
court of this state.



680.240.  "Judgment creditor" means the person in whose favor a
judgment is rendered or, if there is an assignee of record, means the
assignee of record. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term
also includes the guardian or conservator of the estate, personal
representative, or other successor in interest of the judgment
creditor or assignee of record.



680.250.  "Judgment debtor" means the person against whom a judgment
is rendered.



680.260.  "Levying officer" means the sheriff or marshal.



680.270.  "Money judgment" means that part of a judgment that
requires the payment of money.



680.280.  "Person" includes a natural person, a corporation, a
partnership or other unincorporated association, a general partner of
a partnership, a limited liability company, and a public entity.



680.290.  "Personal property" includes both tangible and intangible
personal property.



680.300.  "Principal amount of the judgment" means the total amount
of the judgment as entered or as last renewed, together with the
costs thereafter added to the judgment pursuant to Section 685.090,
reduced by any partial satisfactions of such amount and costs and by
any amounts no longer enforceable.



680.310.  "Property" includes real and personal property and any
interest therein.



680.320.  "Real property" includes any right in real property,
including but not limited to a leasehold interest in real property.



680.330.  "Registered process server" means a person registered as a
process server pursuant to Chapter 16 (commencing with Section
22350) of Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code.



680.340.  "Secured party" means "secured party" as defined in
paragraph (72) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial
Code.


680.345.  "Security" means a "security" as defined in Section 8102
of the Commercial Code.



680.350.  "Security agreement" means "security agreement" as defined
in paragraph (73) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the
Commercial Code.


680.360.  "Security interest" means "security interest" as defined
in Section 1201 of the Commercial Code.



680.365.  "Spousal support" includes support for a former spouse.



680.370.  "Tangible personal property" includes chattel paper,
documents of title, instruments, securities, and money.



680.380.  "Writ" includes a writ of execution, a writ of possession
of personal property, a writ of possession of real property, and a
writ of sale.