Code of Civil Procedure section 683.020

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.

Source: Section 683.020, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=683.­020.­ (updated Jul. 1, 1983; accessed Jun. 16, 2025).

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