Code Civ. Proc., § 704.730 · Article 4. Homestead Exemption
Code Civ. Proc., § 704.730
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The amount of the homestead exemption is the greater of the following:
(1) The countywide median sale price for a single-family home in the calendar year prior to the calendar year in which the judgment debtor claims the exemption, not to exceed six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000).
(2) Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000).
(b) The amounts specified in this section shall adjust annually for inflation, beginning on January 1, 2022, based on the change in the annual California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, published by the Department of Industrial Relations, for the most recent one-year period ending on December 31 preceding the adjustment, with each adjusted amount rounded to the nearest twenty-five dollars ($25).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 80, Sec. 24. (SB 1525) Effective January 1, 2025.
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Cited by 7 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Code Civ. Proc., § 704.730. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Code of Civil Procedure
- Code Civ. Proc., § 487.025Printed as Section 704.730
- Code Civ. Proc., § 704.720Printed as Section 704.730
- Code Civ. Proc., § 704.950Printed as Section 704.730
- Code Civ. Proc., § 704.960Printed as Section 704.730
- Code Civ. Proc., § 704.965Printed as Section 704.730
- Code Civ. Proc., § 704.995Printed as Section 704.730
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