Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307 - 1062.34]
( Part 2 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 9. ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS [680.010 - 724.260]
( Title 9 repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2. ) DIVISION 2. ENFORCEMENT OF MONEY JUDGMENTS [695.010 - 709.030]
( Division 2 added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2. ) CHAPTER 5. Wage Garnishment [706.010 - 706.154]
( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2. ) ARTICLE 2. General Provisions [706.020 - 706.034]
( Article 2 added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2. ) 706.029.
Service of an earnings withholding order creates a lien upon the earnings of the judgment debtor that are required to be withheld pursuant to the order and upon all property of the employer subject to the enforcement of a money judgment in the amount required to be withheld pursuant to such order. The lien continues for a period of one year from the date the earnings of the judgment debtor become payable unless the amount required to be withheld pursuant to the order is paid as required by law.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 1364.)