California § 1710.20. 1710.20. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 861, Sec. 7.)

California Statutes

§ 1710.20. — 1710.20. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 861, Sec. 7.)

California § 1710.20.

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Code CCPCode of Civil Procedure - CCP

Title11.

Part 3.TITLE 11. MONEY JUDGMENTS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS

Ch. 1.CHAPTER 1. Sister State Money Judgments

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(a)An application for entry of a judgment based on a sister state judgment shall be filed in a superior court.

(b)Subject to the power of the court to transfer proceedings under this chapter pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 392) of Part 2, the proper county for the filing of an application is any of the following:

(1)The county in which any judgment debtor resides.

(2)If no judgment debtor is a resident, any county in this state.

(c)A case in which the sister state judgment amounts to thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) or less is a limited civil case.

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(a)
An application for entry of a judgment based on a sister state judgment shall be filed in a superior court.
(b)
Subject to the power of the court to transfer proceedings under this chapter pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 392) of Part 2, the proper county for the filing of an application is any of the following:
(1)
The county in which any judgment debtor resides.
(2)
If no judgment debtor is a resident, any county in this state.
(c)
A case in which the sister state judgment amounts to
thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) or less is a limited civil case.