Section 1710.20 - Filing application; proper county(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.Ca. Civ. Proc. Code § 1710.20
Amended by Stats 2023 ch 861 (SB 71),s 7, eff. 1/1/2024.Amended by Stats 2002 ch 784 (SB 1316),s 86, eff. 1/1/2003.