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Cal. Insurance Code § 1064.9 (2026)

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During the pendency of delinquency proceedings in this or any reciprocal state, no action or proceeding in the nature of an attachment, garnishment, or execution shall be commenced or maintained in the courts of this state against the delinquent insurer or its assets. Any lien obtained by any such action or proceeding within four months prior to the commencement of any such delinquency proceeding or at any time thereafter shall be void as against any rights arising in such delinquency proceeding.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2005–2025 · leading case: Hawthorne Sav. F.S.B. v. Reliance Ins. Co. of Illinois, 421 F.3d 835 (9th Cir. 2005).
Hawthorne Sav. F.S.B. v. Reliance Ins. Co. of Illinois, 421 F.3d 835 (9th Cir. 2005). · cites it 2× “In specifying that “no action or proceeding in the nature of an attachment, garnishment, or execution ” may be-maintained, CAL. INS. CODE § 1064.9 (emphasis added), the language suggests that an “action or proceeding” may be maintained unless it is “in the nature of an…”
Hawthorne Sav. F.S.B. Hawthorne Fin. Corp. v. Reliance Ins. Co. of Illinois, Hawthorne Sav. F.S.B. Hawthorne Fin. Corp. v. M. Diane Koken, Ins. Comm'r of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in Her Capacity as Liquidator of Reliance Ins. Co., Intervenor-Appellant, Reliance Ins. Co. of Illinois, 421 F.3d 835 (9th Cir. 2005). “Only if the bond-holder, the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, were to commence an action to collect on any collateral securing the bond would section 9 of the UILA, as codified at California Insurance Code section 1064.9, be implicated and preclude California…”
In the Matter of the Liquidation of Scottish RE (U.S.) Inc. (Del. Ch. 2025). “§ 23-68- 120 Cal. Ins. Code § 1064.9 Fla. Stat. § 631.”
Hawthorne Sav. v. Reliance Ins. (9th Cir. 2006). “In specifying that “no action or proceeding in the nature of an attachment, garnishment, or execution” may be maintained, CAL. INS. CODE § 1064.9 (emphasis added), the language suggests that an “action or proceeding” may be maintained unless it is “in the nature of an…”
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