Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 683.020 : CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE — OF CIVIL ACTIONS — ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS — DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS — PERIOD FOR ENFORCEMENT AND RENEWAL OF JUDGMENTS — PERIOD FOR ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS — Period of enforceability

Except as otherwise provided by statute, upon the expiration of 10 years after the date of entry of a money judgment or a judgment for possession or sale of property:

(a) The judgment may not be enforced.

(b) All enforcement procedures pursuant to the judgment or to a writ or order issued pursuant to the judgment shall cease.

(c) Any lien created by an enforcement procedure pursuant to the judgment is extinguished.

Ca. Civ. Proc. Code § 683.020

Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 1364.