Cal. Codes » Government Code / TITLE 1. GENERAL / DIVISION 3.6. CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES / PART 5. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS / CHAPTER 2. Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities / ARTICLE 1. General
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Cal. Government Code § 970.1 (2026)

General — Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities

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(a)A judgment is enforceable until 10 years after the time the judgment becomes final or, if the judgment is payable in installments, until 10 years after the final installment becomes due.

(b)A judgment, whether or not final, is not enforceable under Title 9 (commencing with Section 680.010) of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure but is enforceable under this article after it becomes final.

(c)Unless another statute provides a different interest rate, interest on a tax or fee judgment against a local public entity shall accrue at a rate equal to the weekly average one year constant maturity United States Treasury yield at the time of the judgment plus 2 percent, but shall not exceed 7 percent per annum.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1993–2020 · leading case: California Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. City of Los Angeles, 902 P.2d 297 (Cal. 1995).
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California Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. City of Los Angeles, 902 P.2d 297 (Cal. 1995). · cites it 3× “) At the same time, Government Code section 970.1, subdivision (b), was amended to provide: “A judgment, whether or not final, is not enforceable under Title 9 (commencing with *347 Section 680.”
Barkley v. City of Blue Lake, 18 Cal. App. 4th 1745 (Cal. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 6× “(Gov. Code, §§ 970.1, subd. (a), 970, subd.”
Scott v. Cnty. of Los Angeles, 27 Cal. App. 4th 125 (Cal. Ct. App. 1994). “The County may also make a posttrial motion for reduction of the judgment as provided in Government Code section 985. 6. The Rate of Interest to Be Applied to the Entire Judgment Is 7 Percent.”
North Bay Constr. Inc. v. City of Petaluma, 143 Cal. App. 4th 552 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006). “) Government Code section 970.1, subdivision (b) now provides, “A judgment, whether or not final, is not enforceable under [the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure commencing with section 680.”
Leuzinger v. Cnty. of Lake, 253 F.R.D. 469 (N.D. Cal. 2008). “The parties disagree, however, as to when Leuzinger may execute or her judgment.”
F & L FARM CO. v. City Council, 65 Cal. App. 4th 1345 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998). “Further, it would appear that respondents recover through the writ of mandate process or not at all: A judgment against a local public entity is not enforceable as an ordinary money judgment under the Code of Civil Procedure.”
Quatro v. Tehachapi Unified Sch. Dist., No. 1:16-cv-01213 (E.D. Cal. Mar. 19, 2020). “Because Tehachapi is a local public entity, its payment of the judgment is governed by the California Government Code, §§ 970.1−971.”
Cal. Government Code § 970.1(b): 1 case
Leuzinger v. Cnty. of Lake, 253 F.R.D. 469 (N.D. Cal. 2008). “The parties disagree, however, as to when Leuzinger may execute or her judgment.”
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