Statute · California Code of Civil Procedure
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 1710.20 — Sister State Money Judgments
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 1710.20
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Code of Civil Procedure
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2024-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
(a) An application for entry of a judgment based on a sister state judgment shall be filed in a superior court.
Citator
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 1710.20 — Sister State Money Judgments is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
(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.