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2020 California Code
Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS
TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES
CHAPTER 4 - Quiet Title
ARTICLE 6 - Liens and Encumbrances
Section 765.040.
Universal Citation: CA Civ Pro Code § 765.040 (2020)
765.040.
Any lien or encumbrance claimant who records or files, or directs another to record or file, a lawsuit, lien, or other encumbrance in violation of Section 765.010 shall be liable to the person subject to the lawsuit or the owner of the property bound by the lien or other encumbrance for a civil penalty of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 208, Sec. 4. (AB 1267) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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