SECTIONS 708.010-708.030 - California Statutes

CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

SECTION 708.010-708.030

708.010. (a) Except as provided in this section and in subdivision
(b) of Section 708.020, the procedure in this article may be used at
any time a money judgment is enforceable.
(b) If enforcement of the judgment is stayed on appeal by the
giving of a sufficient undertaking under Chapter 2 (commencing with
Section 916) of Title 13, all proceedings under this article are
stayed. In any other case where the enforcement of the judgment is
stayed, all proceedings under this article are stayed unless the
court otherwise expressly orders.

708.020. (a) The judgment creditor may propound written
interrogatories to the judgment debtor, in the manner provided in
Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 2030.010) of Title 4 of Part 4,
requesting information to aid in enforcement of the money judgment.
The judgment debtor shall answer the interrogatories in the manner
and within the time provided by Chapter 13 (commencing with Section
2030.010) of Title 4 of Part 4.
(b) The judgment creditor may not serve interrogatories pursuant
to this section within 120 days after the judgment debtor has
responded to interrogatories previously served pursuant to this
section or within 120 days after the judgment debtor has been
examined pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 708.110), and
the judgment debtor is not required to respond to any
interrogatories so served.
(c) Interrogatories served pursuant to this section may be
enforced, to the extent practicable, in the same manner as
interrogatories in a civil action.
(d) The limitation provided by Chapter 13 (commencing with Section
2030.010) of Title 4 of Part 4 on the number of interrogatories that
may be propounded applies to each set of interrogatories propounded
from time to time pursuant to this section, but does not apply
cumulatively to interrogatories propounded by the judgment creditor
to the judgment debtor.

708.030. (a) The judgment creditor may demand that any judgment
debtor produce and permit the party making the demand, or someone
acting on that party's behalf, to inspect and to copy a document that
is in the possession, custody, or control of the party on whom the
demand is made in the manner provided in Chapter 14 (commencing with
Section 2031.010) of Title 4 of Part 4, if the demand requests
information to aid in enforcement of the money judgment. The judgment
debtor shall respond and comply with the demand in the manner and
within the time provided by Chapter 14 (commencing with Section
2031.010) of Title 4 of Part 4.
(b) The judgment creditor may not serve interrogatories or
inspection demands pursuant to this section or Section 708.020 within
120 days after the judgment debtor has responded to the
interrogatories or demands previously served pursuant to this section
or Section 708.020, or within 120 days after the judgment debtor has
been examined pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section
708.110), and the judgment debtor is not required to respond to any
discovery so served.
(c) Inspection demands served pursuant to this section may be
enforced to the extent practicable, in the same manner as inspection
demands in a civil action.