California Government Code

§ 27297.5

GOV § 27297.5 Effective Sep 29, 2004Div. 2 · Title 3 · Part 3 · Ch. 6 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)Upon recordation of an abstract of judgment or other document creating an involuntary lien affecting the title to real property, unless the county recorder has received from the judgment creditor proof of service pursuant to subdivision (b) of a copy of the document being recorded, the county recorder may, whenever the recorded document evidencing that lien contains the address of the person or persons against whom the involuntary lien is recorded or the address of the judgment debtor’s attorney of record, within 10 days notify the person or persons or attorney of record by mail of the recordation.

(b)As an alternative to notice by the recorder, the judgment creditor or lienholder may serve upon the person or persons against whom the abstract of judgment or document creating an involuntary lien is to be recorded, a copy thereof in one of the following ways:

(1)By personal delivery. Proof of service pursuant to this paragraph shall be shown by the affidavit of the person making the service, showing the time, place, and manner of service, the name and address of the person served, and any other facts necessary to show that service was made in accordance with this paragraph. If there is no address for a person to be served known to the judgment creditor or lienholder, he or she shall append to the abstract of judgment or involuntary lien an affidavit to that effect.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 889, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 2004.