Code Civ. Proc., § 697.610 · Article 3. Judgment Lien on Personal Property
Code Civ. Proc., § 697.610
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Except as provided in Sections 9617 and 9622 of the Commercial Code, a judgment lien on personal property continues notwithstanding the sale, exchange, or other disposition of the property, unless the person receiving the property is one of the following:
(a) A buyer in ordinary course of business (as defined in Section 1201 of the Commercial Code) who, under Section 9320 of the Commercial Code, would take free of a security interest created by the seller.
(b) A lessee in ordinary course of business (as defined in paragraph (15) of subdivision (a) of Section 10103 of the Commercial Code) who, under Section 9321 of the Commercial Code, would take free of a security interest created by the lessor.
(c) A holder to whom a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated within the meaning of Section 7501 of the Commercial Code.
(d) A purchaser of chattel paper who, under Section 9330 of the Commercial Code, would have priority over another security interest in the chattel paper.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 991, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2001, by Sec. 75 of Ch. 991.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=697.610.
- Text hash
- sha256 a9594d853d71bf978370dd6073e3daa8a333ba2ee8a13165a3dc4f9fbe0521a3
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Commercial Code
- Com. Code, § 1201Printed as Section 1201 of the Commercial Code
- Com. Code, § 7501Printed as Section 7501 of the Commercial Code
- Com. Code, § 9320Printed as Section 9320 of the Commercial Code
- Com. Code, § 9321Printed as Section 9321 of the Commercial Code
- Com. Code, § 9330Printed as Section 9330 of the Commercial Code
- Com. Code, § 9617Printed as Sections 9617 and 9622 of the Commercial Code
- Com. Code, § 9622Printed as Sections 9617 and 9622 of the Commercial Code
- Com. Code, § 10103Printed as Section 10103 of the Commercial Code
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.