§ 684.130. — 684.130. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 708, Sec. 1.)

California § 684.130.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code CCP: Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
• Div.: 1.
• Title: 9.
• Part 2.: DIVISION 1. DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
• Ch. 4.: CHAPTER 4. Manner of Service of Writs, Notices, and Other Papers
• Art. 2.: ARTICLE 2. Manner of Service Generally

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(a)
If the levying officer is required by any provision of this title to serve any writ, order, notice, or other paper on any person, the judgment creditor shall include in the instructions to the levying officer the correct name and address of the person. The judgment creditor shall use reasonable diligence to ascertain the correct name and address of the person.
(b)
(1)
Where the judgment upon which the writ is issued is for personal debt, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 683.110, this subdivision shall apply.
(2)
The judgment creditor shall also provide the levying officer with a declaration stating that the judgment creditor has verified using reasonable diligence
within the past 12 months that the judgment debtor’s address is correct to the best of the declarant’s knowledge, and describing the verification dates and the methods used, which may include, but are not limited to, the following methods:
(A)
Receipt of correspondence from the judgment debtor, dated no more than 12 months before the execution of the declaration, that includes a return address or other comparable verification of the judgment debtor’s address.
(B)
Transmittal of a letter or legal pleading by certified mail, or other method of transmission through the United States Postal Service providing a return receipt, to the judgment debtor’s address, with a return receipt dated no more than 12 months before the execution of the declaration that is signed by the judgment debtor.
(C)
Verification of the judgment
debtor’s current address by a commercial address verification service, including skip-tracing, or, if reasonably available, a public record database, followed by dispatch of a letter or legal pleading, by first-class mail to the verified address, that was not returned to sender.
(3)
The levying officer shall not accept or serve any writ, order, notice, or other paper on any person if the judgment creditor fails to provide a declaration as described in paragraph (2).
(4)
Upon notice by the judgment debtor that the requirements of this section have not been met, the court shall stay the notice of levy or earnings withholding order until the requirements of this section have been satisfied.
(5)
The judgment creditor’s cost of verification of the judgment debtor’s address is not recoverable.
(6)
The judgment creditor shall file with the court the signed declaration within 10 business days after delivering the declaration to the levying officer.
(7)
The declaration required by this section may be signed by any individual with adequate knowledge of the verification, including, but not limited to, a custodian of records. If the judgment creditor is represented by an attorney, the declaration may be signed by any employee of the attorney or the attorney’s law firm with adequate knowledge of the verification, including, but not limited to, a custodian of records.
(c)
Unless the levying officer has actual knowledge that the name or address included in the instructions is incorrect, the levying officer shall rely on the instructions in serving the writ, order, notice, or other paper on the
person.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 708, Sec. 1. (AB 774) Effective January 1, 2026.