§ 704.020. — 704.020. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2.)

(a)
Household furnishings, appliances, provisions, wearing apparel, and other personal effects are exempt in the following cases:
(1)
If ordinarily and reasonably necessary to, and personally used or procured for use by, the judgment debtor and members of the judgment debtor’s family at the judgment debtor’s principal place of residence.
(2)
Where the judgment debtor and the judgment debtor’s spouse live separate and apart, if ordinarily and reasonably necessary to, and personally used or procured
for use by, the spouse and members of the spouse’s family at the spouse’s principal place of residence.
(b)
In determining whether an item of property is “ordinarily and reasonably necessary” under subdivision (a), the court shall take into account both of the following:
(1)
The extent to which the particular type of item is ordinarily found in a household.
(2)
Whether the particular item has extraordinary value as compared to the value of items of the same type found in other households.
(c)
If an item of property for which an exemption is claimed pursuant to this section is an item of the type ordinarily found in a household but is determined not to be exempt because the item has extraordinary value as compared to the value of items of the same type
found in other households, the proceeds obtained at an execution sale of the item are exempt in the amount determined by the court to be a reasonable amount sufficient to purchase a replacement of ordinary value if the court determines that a replacement is reasonably necessary. Proceeds exempt under this subdivision are exempt for a period of 90 days after the proceeds are actually received by the judgment debtor.

Legislative History

Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 1364.