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CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDUREPart 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONSTitle 9 - ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTSDivision 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONSChapter 3 - PERIOD FOR ENFORCEMENT AND RENEWAL OF JUDGMENTS
Article 1 - PERIOD FOR ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS
Section 683.020 - Period of enforceability

Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 683.020

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Section 683.020 - Period of enforceability

Except as otherwise provided by statute, upon the expiration of 10 years after the date of entry of a money judgment or a judgment for possession or sale of property:

(a) The judgment may not be enforced.
(b) All enforcement procedures pursuant to the judgment or to a writ or order issued pursuant to the judgment shall cease.
(c) Any lien created by an enforcement procedure pursuant to the judgment is extinguished.

Ca. Civ. Proc. Code § 683.020

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