Bill Text: CA AB2039 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2039

CA State Legislature page for AB2039

Introduced

Bill Title: Enforcement of money judgments: exemptions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-12 - Referred to Com. on JUD. [AB2039 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB2039-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2039

Introduced by Assembly Member Dixon

February 01, 2024

An act to amend Section 704.030 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil actions.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2039, as introduced, Dixon. Enforcement of money judgments: exemptions.

Existing law identifies various types of property of a judgment debtor that are exempt from the enforcement of a money judgment, including material that in good faith is about to be applied to the repair or improvement of a residence, as specified.

This bill would clarify that this exemption would apply to the judgment debtor’s principal place of residence or domicile.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 704.030 of the Code of Civil Procedure is amended to read:

704.030.

Material that in good faith is about to be applied to the repair or improvement of a residence is exempt if the equity in the material does not exceed three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) in the following cases:

(a) If purchased in good faith for use in the repair or improvement of the judgment debtor’s principal place of ~~residence.~~ residence or domicile.

(b) Where the judgment debtor and the judgment debtor’s spouse live separate and apart, if purchased in good faith for use in the repair or improvement of the spouse’s principal place of ~~residence.~~ residence or domicile.