California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 488.465

CCP § 488.465Title 6.5 · Part 2 · Ch. 8 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)Except as provided in subdivision (b), a deposit account or safe-deposit box standing in the name of a person other than the defendant, either alone or together with other third persons, is not subject to levy under Section 488.455 or 488.460 unless the levy is authorized by court order. The levying officer shall serve a copy of the court order on the third person at the time the copy of the writ of attachment and the notice of attachment are served on the third person.

(b)A court order is not required as a prerequisite to levy on a deposit account or safe-deposit box standing in the name of any of the following:

(1)The defendant, whether alone or together with third persons.

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Legislative history

Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 538, Sec. 6.3.