Cal. Codes » Code of Civil Procedure / PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS / TITLE 9. ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS / DIVISION 1. DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS / CHAPTER 3. Period for Enforcement and Renewal of Judgments / ARTICLE 1. Period for Enforcement of Judgments
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Cal. Code of Civil Procedure § 683.020 (2026)

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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.