California Code of Civil Procedure 706.029 – Service of an earnings withholding order creates a lien upon the …
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Service of an earnings withholding order creates a lien upon the earnings of the judgment debtor that are required to be withheld pursuant to the order and upon all property of the employer subject to the enforcement of a money judgment in the amount required to be withheld pursuant to such order. The lien continues for a period of one year from the date the earnings of the judgment debtor become payable unless the amount required to be withheld pursuant to the order is paid as required by law.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 1364.)
Terms Used In California Code of Civil Procedure 706.029
- debtor: means the debtor from whom the liability is sought to be collected. See California Code of Civil Procedure 688.040
- Earnings: means compensation payable by an employer to an employee for personal services performed by such employee, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus, or otherwise. See California Code of Civil Procedure 706.011
- Employer: means a person for whom an individual performs services as an employee. See California Code of Civil Procedure 706.011
- Judgment debtor: includes a person from whom the state is seeking to collect a tax liability under Article 4 (commencing with Section 706. See California Code of Civil Procedure 706.011
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Property: includes both personal and real property. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17