California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 704.020

CCP § 704.020Div. 2 · Title 9 · Part 2 · Ch. 4 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)Household furnishings, appliances, provisions, wearing apparel, and other personal effects are exempt in the following cases:

(1)If ordinarily and reasonably necessary to, and personally used or procured for use by, the judgment debtor and members of the judgment debtor’s family at the judgment debtor’s principal place of residence.

(2)Where the judgment debtor and the judgment debtor’s spouse live separate and apart, if ordinarily and reasonably necessary to, and personally used or procured for use by, the spouse and members of the spouse’s family at the spouse’s principal place of residence.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 1364.