EJ-130

Writ of Execution

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What is EJ-130?

EJ-130 is the Judicial Council writ-of-execution form. After you win a money judgment in California (small claims, limited civil, unlimited civil), the writ is the document the sheriff or marshal uses to enforce that judgment against the debtor's property: levying bank accounts, seizing assets, garnishing wages (with the additional WG-001 form), or selling real estate. The petitioner (the judgment creditor or assignee of record) drafts EJ-130, files it with the clerk, and the clerk issues the writ with seal. The writ is good for 180 days (CCP 699.530); after that it must be returned and a new writ issued. EJ-130 covers three paths: (1) Money Execution against personal or real property, (2) Possession of personal or real property, and (3) Sale of personal or real property. The wizard focuses on the Money Execution path, which is the most common pro se use.

What happens if you miss the deadline: If you request the writ before the appeal period expires, the debtor can move to quash and you waste the filing. If your writ expires (180 days) before the sheriff completes a levy, you must request a new writ; the sheriff returns partial recoveries with the expired writ.

How to file

Filing fee: Clerk's writ issuance fee under Government Code 70626(a)(1) is $40 per writ as of 2026 (some counties charge $45 with surcharges). FW-001 fee waiver (Cal. Rules of Court rule 3.51, Gov. Code section 68631 et seq.) is available for indigent judgment creditors; an existing FW-001 granted in the underlying case typically carries over, but check with the clerk. The fee is recoverable from the debtor under CCP 685.040 and goes in item 17.
Filing method: paper-file with the Clerk of the Superior Court that entered the judgment, no efile path; EJ-130 is filed at the clerk's window or by mail
Filing deadline: No deadline to request the writ, but: (1) wait until the appeal period has expired (small claims: 30 days under CCP 116.750; limited civil: 30 days under CRC 8.822; unlimited civil: 60 days under CRC 8.104). If an appeal is filed within that window, enforcement is stayed under CCP 916 (general civil) or CCP 116.810 (small claims) until the appeal resolves; (2) the underlying judgment is enforceable for 10 years (CCP 683.020), renewable for another 10 (CCP 683.110); (3) the writ itself is valid for 180 days from issuance under CCP 699.530.
How to serve: Not applicable. The clerk issues the writ to the sheriff or marshal; the creditor delivers the writ to the levying officer with instructions and the appropriate fees.
Wet signature: No
Notarization: No
Original and copies: 1 original to the clerk; the clerk returns the issued writ with seal for delivery to the levying officer (sheriff or marshal). Make 2 copies before delivering to the sheriff so you have a record.

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SC-100

Plaintiff's Claim and ORDER to Go to Small Claims Court

Plaintiff's Claim (Small Claims). SC-100 produced the small-claims judgment that this EJ-130 enforces. The plaintiff must wait 30 days after entry of the small-claims judgment before requesting EJ-130 (Code Civ. Proc. section 116.820(b); 116.810 makes the judgment unenforceable during the 30-day appeal window because a defendant who appeared at trial has 30 days to appeal to the superior court appellate division under CCP 116.770(a), or 30 days from the SC-130 notice of entry of judgment under CCP 116.770(b) for a defendant who did not appear). On EJ-130 the plaintiff copies the case number, caption, and judgment-creditor information verbatim from the SC-100 docket; MISMATCHES between SC-100 caption (typically informal: doing-business-as names, individual capacities, married couples filing as 'and') and EJ-130 (must show the legal name as entered in the SC-200 Notice of Entry of Judgment) cause clerk rejection because the writ operates AGAINST the judgment debtor identified in the SC-200 only. The judgment amount on EJ-130 item 11 comes from the SC-200, NOT from the original SC-100 claim amount (the court may have awarded less; the writ enforces what the court awarded, not what the plaintiff asked for); post-judgment interest at 10% annual under CCP 685.010 (federal judgments use 28 USC 1961 rates) accrues from the SC-200 entry date and is added to the writ on the same line as the principal, with the daily-interest calculation under CCP 685.020 (annual rate divided by 365). Writs expire 180 days after issuance under CCP 683.020 and can be renewed by filing a new EJ-130 at any time before the underlying judgment expires (judgments expire 10 years after entry under CCP 683.020 but can be renewed under CCP 683.110 for additional 10-year terms). Costs of enforcement (sheriff fees, abstract-of-judgment recording, levy costs) are recoverable under CCP 685.040 via Memorandum of Costs After Judgment MC-012 served on the debtor under CCP 685.090 with 10-day motion-to-tax window under CCP 685.070.

CIV-100

Request for Entry of Default (Application to Enter Default)

Request for Entry of Default. CIV-100 is the other common predecessor for an EJ-130 money writ, alongside SC-100 / SC-130 small-claims judgments and UD-110 unlawful-detainer judgments. After the defendant fails to respond within the statutory window (typically 30 days under Code of Civil Procedure section 412.20(a)(3) on a summons served under CCP 415.10 personal service; 40 days under CCP 415.40 service-outside-CA-by-mail; 5 days under CCP 1167 for unlawful-detainer answer; or other periods set by the local rules for specific causes of action), the plaintiff files CIV-100 to obtain: (a) entry of default by the clerk under CCP 585(a) (which strips the defendant's right to defend on the merits and prevents further contested filings without a CCP 473(b) set-aside motion within 6 months), and (b) a default judgment, either by clerk's entry under CCP 585(a)-(b) for sum-certain contract claims (where damages are liquidated by the contract itself and the plaintiff submits a declaration under penalty of perjury attesting to the amount; no prove-up hearing required), or by court judgment under CCP 585(b)-(c) for unliquidated damages requiring prove-up (where damages are unascertained until a CCP 585(b) prove-up hearing at which plaintiff puts on evidence; common for personal-injury, breach-of-implied-warranty, fraud, and conversion claims). Once the default judgment is entered by the clerk or signed by the court (with a CIV-110 Judicial Council form Judgment by Court Following Defendant's Default, or a custom proposed judgment for non-form cases), the plaintiff (now the judgment creditor) requests EJ-130 from the same clerk under CCP 699.510 (writ-of-execution issuance) to begin levy and execution against the judgment-debtor's wages, bank accounts, and other non-exempt property. Use the default-judgment dollar amount from the clerk-entered or court-signed judgment to fill EJ-130 item 11 (total judgment as entered or renewed); EJ-130 item 12 (interest from judgment date) calculates at 10 percent per annum under CCP 685.010 / California Constitution Article XV section 1; EJ-130 item 13 (costs after judgment) covers post-judgment costs under CCP 685.070 (sheriff's fees, writ-issuance fees, levy costs, memorandum of costs); cross-check the case number on CIV-100 against EJ-130's caption to avoid a clerk-issuance kickback. CIV-100 itself was filed at $0 (no separate fee for entering default; clerk processes as part of the underlying case under CCP 585), but the EJ-130 carries an issuance fee under Gov. Code section 70626 unless FW-001 covers it (FW-003 carry-forward applies under Gov. Code 68634). The 10-year enforceability window for the underlying default judgment runs from entry under CCP 683.020 (from entry of judgment, not from CIV-100 filing date), renewable under CCP 683.110 / CCP 683.220 by filing EJ-190 (Application for Renewal of Judgment) within the 10-year window; the writ itself (EJ-130 issued by the clerk) expires 180 days after issuance under CCP 683.020 and is reissuable on a new EJ-130 application. Set-aside attacks under CCP 473(b) (mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect; 6 months from entry of default), CCP 473(d) (void judgment; no time limit if facially void), CCP 473.5 (no actual notice; 2-year window), or CCP 585(d) (defective service; no time limit if proven) are typical post-judgment defenses the judgment-debtor raises; the judgment-creditor opposes through Wood v. Elling Corp. (1977) 20 Cal. 3d 353 and Carroll v. Abbott Laboratories (1982) 32 Cal. 3d 892 analysis on diligence and meritorious defense. For unlawful detainer judgments (UD-110) the CIV-100 path is short-circuited by CCP 1169 which lets the clerk enter default and the court enter judgment after the 5-court-day CCP 1167 answer window expires, with the writ-of-possession portion of EJ-130 executable within 5 calendar days of lockout-notice service under CCP 715.020(b).

UD-110

Judgment, Unlawful Detainer

Judgment, Unlawful Detainer. UD-110 is the predecessor judgment for the writ-of-possession path on EJ-130 and for any companion money writ for unpaid rent, holdover damages, attorney's fees, and costs reflected on UD-110. Once UD-110 is entered in the landlord's favor (default after CIV-100 / CIV-110 request-for-entry-of-default path under Code of Civil Procedure section 585 / CCP 1169, or judgment after trial under CCP 1170.5 / 1174), the landlord requests EJ-130 from the clerk under CCP 712.010 (writ of possession of real property) checking the Possession of Real Property box on EJ-130 item 1.b. The writ is served by the sheriff under CCP 712.030 (sheriff's levy procedures), CCP 715.010 (writ of possession execution against tenants in actual possession), and CCP 715.020 (5-day post-served-writ notice requirement), with at least 5 calendar days written notice to the tenant under CCP 715.020(b) before lockout (the sheriff posts a copy on the door and a deputy returns to physically remove the tenant if not yet vacated by the 5-day deadline; the lockout includes the tenant's possessions, which the tenant must reclaim within 15 days of lockout under CCP 1174.5 or the landlord may dispose of them at the tenant's expense). The judgment-date and judgment-amount entries on EJ-130 items 7 (judgment date) and 11 (principal amount) come directly from UD-110 items 4 (judgment by default), 5 (judgment after trial), 6 (money judgment amounts and itemization for past-due rent under CCP 1161(2), holdover damages under CCP 1174(b) at the per-day rental rate, fair rental value of the premises during the unlawful holdover period, attorney's fees if the lease provides for prevailing-party fees under Civil Code section 1717, and costs under CCP 1033.5). EJ-130 item 12 (interest from judgment date) calculates at 10 percent per annum under CCP 685.010 / Constitution Art. XV section 1; EJ-130 item 13 (costs after judgment) covers post-judgment costs under CCP 685.070 (sheriff's fees, writ-issuance fees, levy costs, memorandum of costs). Many counties issue both the writ of possession and a money writ on the same EJ-130 to consolidate enforcement; the money writ enforces the rent / damages / fees portions against the tenant's wages under CCP 706.010 et seq. (Wage Garnishment Law, capped at 25 percent of disposable earnings under CCP 706.050 / 15 USC 1673), bank accounts under CCP 699.720 et seq. (bank levy), or other property under CCP 699.510 to CCP 699.560 (general post-judgment enforcement procedures). The 180-day writ life under CCP 683.020 applies (writ must be returned within 180 days of issuance, with re-issuance available on landlord's request); the underlying UD-110 money judgment is enforceable for 10 years under CCP 683.020 and renewable for additional 10-year periods under CCP 683.110 / 683.220 by filing EJ-190 (Application for Renewal of Judgment) within the 10-year window. The UD-110 judgment of restitution (possession portion) is not subject to the 10-year renewable framework because once possession is restored to the landlord under CCP 1174(a), there is nothing further to renew; only the money portion has a continuing enforcement life. Stays of execution under CCP 918 (court discretion to stay enforcement for up to 40 days, conditioned on rent / damages payments to the court) or CCP 1176 (stay pending appeal; up to 10 days for the tenant to file undertaking under CCP 1176(a)) delay the EJ-130 writ-of-possession execution; the landlord opposes the stay through a written response and an order from the trial judge. Tenants in possession who claim a right to possession independent of the named defendants (subtenant, family member, occupant) file Prejudgment Claim of Right to Possession (CP10.5) under CCP 415.46 before the lockout if they wish to assert independent rights; after lockout, an unnamed possessor's recourse is a separate unlawful-detainer action by the landlord against the unnamed person (the EJ-130 only binds named defendants in the underlying UD-110). EJ-130 item 22 categorizes the debt for collection purposes (consumer, business, etc.) and item 23 attaches a Memorandum of Costs After Judgment (MC-012) when post-judgment costs are claimed; both are typically required for the levying sheriff to apply the correct cap and procedure.

POS-030

Proof of Service by First-Class Mail (Civil)

Proof of Service by First-Class Mail. EJ-130 itself is NOT served on the judgment debtor by the creditor: the sheriff or marshal serves the writ on the levying party (employer for wage garnishment under Code Civ. Proc. sections 706.020 / 706.105, bank for bank levy under CCP 700.140, occupant for possession of real property under CCP 712.010 / 715.010, holder of personal property for turnover) under CCP 699.510 and the enforcement statutes at CCP 700-720. POS-030 comes into play for POST-WRIT notices the creditor sends to the debtor: the Notice of Levy under CCP 700.010 (sheriff sends in most levies, but the creditor sends in some scenarios like CCP 488.305 writ of attachment); the Memorandum of Costs After Judgment MC-012 under CCP 685.090 (creditor mails copies to the debtor BEFORE adding the costs to the writ; the debtor has 10 days to move to tax costs under CCP 685.070 plus CCP 685.080); the Abstract of Judgment EJ-001 service on title companies and recorders for real-property liens under CCP 697.310 / 697.320; the Notice of Renewal of Judgment EJ-195 under CCP 683.160 (must be served on the debtor within 30 days of filing the renewal under CCP 683.160(b), and service is by mail under CCP 1013); and the SC-130 / SC-220 satisfaction-of-judgment service post-payment under CCP 724.030. The server must be 18+ and not a party (CCP 1013(a) and 1013a). The signed POS-030 is FILED with the court so the creditor can later prove notice in any debtor-initiated motion to vacate the renewal (CCP 683.170), claim of exemption under CCP 703.520 (debtor has 10 days after service of the Notice of Levy and EJ-160 claim form to claim exemptions like wages under Civ Code 704.070, public benefits under 704.080-704.090, retirement under 704.115), or motion to tax costs under CCP 685.070. Improper POS-030 service can invalidate the underlying levy or renewal.

MC-025

Attachment to Judicial Council Form

Attachment MC-025 (Judicial Council continuation page) extends EJ-130 item 12 (post-judgment costs) when the itemization runs longer than what fits inline on the writ or on the attached MC-012 (Memorandum of Costs After Judgment). MC-012 is the formal vehicle for claiming post-judgment costs under Code Civ. Proc. section 685.070; the debtor has 10 days from service of MC-012 (plus 5 mailing days under CCP 1013(a)) to move to strike or tax costs under CCP 685.070(c) using a noticed motion under CCP 1005, so the itemization on MC-012 plus any MC-025 continuation must be accurate, supported by paid receipts, and ready to be defended at a tax-costs hearing. Header the MC-025 'Attachment to MC-012 / EJ-130 Item 12' with the case caption matching MC-012 and the writ, the page-of-page numbering, and list each cost (sheriff levy fees under Gov Code 26720.5 / 26721, prior writ issuance fees under Gov Code 70626(b) (typically $40 per writ), abstract of judgment recording fees under Gov Code 27361 (typically $14 to $25 per parcel), service costs under CCP 1013, MC-012 mailing fees, certified-copy fees) with date, payee, and amount, and have the creditor sign under penalty of perjury per CCP 2015.5. Item 12 also includes accrued post-judgment interest at 10% under CCP 685.010 and Civ Code 3289(b) (the constitutional 7% applies only to government-debtor judgments per Cal Const Art XV section 1); MC-025 can break out the interest calculation by period if rates changed (rate adjustments are rare; 10% has been stable since the 1979 Wis. Mut. Ins. calibration) or if partial satisfactions reduced the principal under CCP 685.030. The total on the MC-025 + MC-012 itemization rolls up to the EJ-130 item 12 figure; costs without an MC-012 backing risk debtor objection under CCP 685.080 (motion to tax) and the sheriff returning the writ uncollected, and post-judgment costs not properly memorialized within two years of accrual under CCP 685.070(b) are deemed waived. Use a fresh MC-025 + MC-012 cycle each time costs accrue (creditors typically file a new MC-012 every six to twelve months as collection costs build up over the 10-year post-judgment enforcement window under CCP 683.020). MC-031 (Attached Declaration) is sometimes used in place of MC-025 when the cost itemization is interleaved with declaration narrative; both formats are accepted.

FW-001

Request to Waive Court Fees

Request to Waive Court Fees. EJ-130 issuance carries a $40 per-writ clerk fee under Gov. Code section 70626(a)(1), plus county sheriff or marshal levy / service fees that scale with the type of execution (wage garnishment, bank levy, real-property sale; sheriff fee schedules are set under Gov. Code section 26721 and vary by county, typically $40 to $150 per attempt). FW-001 waives both the writ issuance fee and the sheriff or marshal levy / service fees under Gov. Code section 68631 (filing fees) and Gov. Code section 68637 (sheriff fees), so a granted FW-001 covers the whole collection cycle, not just the clerk side. The three FW-001 bases that work for a post-judgment EJ-130 are: (a) receipt of a means-tested benefit (Medi-Cal, CalFresh, CalWORKs, SSI, GR; Gov. Code section 68632(a)), (b) household income at or below 125% of the federal poverty guidelines (Gov. Code section 68632(b)), or (c) inability to pay the fees for the necessities of life (Gov. Code section 68632(c)). A waiver granted in the underlying case carries forward to the EJ-130 under Gov. Code section 68632(c) and Cal. Rules of Court rule 3.55, so an indigent judgment creditor whose FW-001 was granted at filing usually does not refile; a fresh FW-001 is needed only when no waiver is on file in the case (judgment-creditors who paid the first-appearance fee in cash at SC-100 / CIV-100 stage), or when the prior waiver has lapsed due to a financial change. A creditor's improved finances can trigger a Notice to Appear under CRC 3.63 and require the creditor to update or refile FW-001 disclosing the change; do not rely silently on a stale waiver when income has materially improved.

SC-104

Proof of Service (Small Claims)

Proof of Service (Small Claims). After EJ-130 issues and the judgment creditor pursues post-judgment discovery to locate the debtor's assets, the creditor sets a debtor's examination using SC-134 (Application and Order for Appearance and Examination, the small-claims form) for judgments at or below the SC jurisdictional limit (Code of Civil Procedure section 116.221: $12,500 for an individual claim, $6,250 for an entity-plaintiff claim or for a natural person plaintiff filing more than two cases at over $2,500 each in a 12-month period under CCP 116.231), or AT-138 (Application and Order for Appearance and Examination, the general-civil ORAP form under CCP 708.110 / 708.120) when the SC judgment has been transferred to the general civil docket under CCP 116.820(e) for collection or when the underlying judgment exceeded the SC limit. The debtor must then be personally served with the SC-134 or AT-138 order to appear, and SC-104 is the small-claims service-of-paper proof template (rev. 2023 unified form replacing former SC-104A/B/C) that documents personal service of post-judgment papers in a small-claims case. Code of Civil Procedure section 708.110(d) requires personal service of the SC-134 / AT-138 examination order on the debtor at least 10 calendar days before the exam date (with weekend/holiday extension under CCP 12 and 12a if the count falls on a non-business day); first-class mail service is NOT sufficient because the examination is a court-ordered appearance backed by contempt under CCP 708.170(a)(1) (failure to appear = warrant of arrest under bench-warrant authority CCP 1209(a)(8) for disobedience of a court order) and a $1,000 mandatory levy of expenses under CCP 708.170(a)(2). SC-104 must show the server was 18 or older and not a party under CCP 1011 (read with CCP 414.10 personal-service definition and CCP 414.20 registered process server requirements where applicable; California Business & Professions Code section 22350 sets the BPC license/bond requirement for registered process servers), the date and address of personal service, and the specific paper served (write 'SC-134 Application and Order for Appearance and Examination' or 'AT-138 Application and Order for Appearance and Examination' in the documents-served field together with any SC-133 (Order to Produce Statement of Assets) attached under CCP 708.110(c)). The creditor files the signed SC-104 with the small-claims clerk before the exam date so the file is complete; CCP 708.110(d) and California Rules of Court rule 3.1346 (proof of service of motion papers must be in file before hearing) make a missing SC-104 ground for the court to refuse to call the matter or issue any bench warrant if the debtor fails to show. The 1500-mile travel-distance limit under CCP 708.160(a) caps where the debtor can be ordered to appear (debtor must reside or have a place of business within 150 miles of the courthouse, or within the county). For a third-party examination of someone other than the debtor (e.g. a person allegedly holding the debtor's property), CCP 708.120 requires the creditor to show by declaration that the third party has property worth over $250 belonging to the debtor or owes the debtor over $250; the third party must be personally served at least 20 days before the exam date under CCP 708.120(c). The same SC-104 family is also used to serve a notice of judgment lien (the recorded EJ-001 Abstract of Judgment under CCP 697.310, recorded in any county where the debtor owns or may acquire real property, attaches as a lien for 10 years from judgment entry under CCP 697.310(b) and CCP 683.020) and a notice of levy on a third-party levyholder under CCP 700.010(c) and 701.510(a) in some counties, although JC-recommended practice is to use POS-030 (first-class mail) or POS-040 (personal) for third-party service in general-civil enforcement when not in small claims. For wage-garnishment service of WG-002 (Earnings Withholding Order) and WG-004 (Employer's Return), the sheriff serves the order on the employer under CCP 706.101 and 706.103; the creditor does not personally serve and therefore does not file SC-104 for that step (the sheriff's return is the proof).

SC-135

Notice of Motion to Vacate Judgment and Declaration (Small Claims)

Notice of Motion to Vacate Judgment (Small Claims). SC-135 is the small-claims judgment debtor's counter-move to an EJ-130 levy: a debtor who first learns of the underlying SC-130 judgment when wages are garnished under Code of Civil Procedure section 706.020 or a bank account is levied under CCP 700.140 has 30 calendar days from notice of entry of judgment under CCP 116.730 to move to vacate (the short window when service of SC-100 was proper), or 180 days from when the debtor first learned of the judgment under CCP 116.740 if service of SC-100 did not comply with CCP 116.340 (the long window). Filing SC-135 does NOT automatically stay an active EJ-130; under CCP 116.745 the debtor must request a stay at the SC-135 hearing, and many small-claims judges will not pause sheriff levy action without a separately signed temporary stay order under CCP 918. Judgment creditors enforcing an EJ-130 should monitor the small-claims docket for an SC-135 filing and be prepared to oppose at the hearing with: (a) the SC-104 service proof from the court file (to rebut a CCP 116.340 service defect claim), (b) the SC-130 judgment date and notice-of-entry mailing record (to support the 30-day clock), (c) any debtor exemption claims (EJ-160 / WG-006 / WG-007) the debtor has already filed under CCP 704.010 et seq. or the 75% wage exemption under CCP 706.050. If SC-135 is granted, the underlying SC-130 judgment is vacated and the EJ-130 plus any partial collections under it must be recalled and the levied funds returned to the debtor under CCP 916; the creditor may then re-serve and obtain a new SC-130 in the same case if service can be corrected.

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Your Name

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Judgment creditor or attorney name. Required. Match the name on the original judgment if you are the creditor.

Filer lists nickname.
Filer omits middle name.

Your Street

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Creditor mailing address. Required so the sheriff can return the writ to you.

Filer lists outdated address.
Filer lists P.O. Box only.

Atty For Name

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Party name represented. For pro se filers, your own name.

Pro se filers leave blank or write 'myself'.
Filer writes the wrong role.

Creditor Role

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Original judgment creditor or assignee of record. If assignee, EJ-185 must be on file.

Filer lists wrong role.
Filer leaves blank.

Case Type

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Limited (small claims and limited civil up to $35,000) vs Unlimited (civil over $35,000, family, probate). Pick from the original judgment.

Filer leaves blank.
Filer marks both.

Court County

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County where the judgment was entered.

Filer lists county they live in.
Filer adds 'County of'.

Plaintiff

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Plaintiff name from the original judgment. Match exactly.

Filer shortens plaintiff's name.
Filer uses nickname.

Defendant

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Defendant name from the original judgment. Match exactly.

Filer shortens defendant's name.
Filer uses nickname.

Case Number

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Case number from the original judgment. Required.

Filer leaves blank.
Filer paste with extra spaces.

Writ Type

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Money Execution, Possession, or Sale. The vast majority of pro se EJ-130 filings are Money Execution (bank levy / wage garnishment).

Filer leaves blank.
Filer marks multiple.

Possession Type

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Required when writ_type is possession or sale. Personal vs Real property.

Filer leaves blank when writ_type is Possession.
Filer marks multiple.

Enforcement County

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County where the sheriff or marshal will enforce. Can differ from the judgment county (sister-county writ under CCP 699.520).

Filer lists case venue instead of where to enforce.
Filer leaves blank.

Creditor Name

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Original judgment creditor or assignee of record name. Match the original judgment.

Filer leaves blank.
Filer uses nickname.

Debtor1 Name Address

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Judgment debtor name, entity type if not a person, and last known address. Match the original judgment exactly.

Filers shorten the debtor's name (e.g., 'ABC LLC' when judgment says 'ABC Properties LLC'). The sheriff will not levy on a name that does not match.
Filers omit the entity type. CCP requires the entity designation be stated.

Judgment Entered Date

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Date the judge entered judgment. Required for the AI review's appeal-period check.

Filer guesses.
Filer uses date complaint filed.

Li11 Total Judgment

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Item 11. Principal judgment amount.

Filer omits costs/interest.
Filer leaves blank.

Li13 Subtotal

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Item 13 = item 11 + item 12. Math must add up.

Filer's arithmetic does not match.
Filer leaves blank.

Li15 Subtotal After Credits

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Item 15 = item 13 - item 14. Math must add up.

Filer's arithmetic does not match.
Filer leaves blank.

Li18 Total Amount Due

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Item 18 = item 15 + item 16 + item 17. The bottom line. Match this exactly to the amount the sheriff is to recover.

Filer's arithmetic does not match.
Filer leaves blank.

Li19b Daily Interest

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Item 19.b. Daily interest = principal balance × 0.10 / 365 (CCP 685.010 sets 10% simple per year).

Filer leaves blank.
Filer miscalculates daily rate.

Debt Personal

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Item 22.c (personal debt under CCP 683.110(d)). Triggers an additional Declaration of Personal Debt requirement.

Filer leaves blank.
Filer marks when not personal debt.

Firm Name

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Law firm name. Pro se filers leave blank.

Pro se filers fill with employer.
Attorneys list lead partner only.

Bar Number

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California State Bar number. Pro se filers leave blank.

Pro se filers fill with DL.
Out-of-state attorneys use home-state bar.

Your City

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City of the creditor mailing address. Required so the sheriff can return the writ to you.

Filer lists county.
Filer abbreviates.

Your State

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State of the creditor mailing address.

Filer spells out California.
Filer uses lowercase.

Your Zip

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ZIP of the creditor mailing address.

Filer pastes ZIP+4 with dash.
Filer guesses.

Your Phone

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Telephone number for the clerk and sheriff to reach you about the writ.

Filer lists outdated phone.
Filer lists work number.

Your Email

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Email address. Optional caption field; some clerk's offices use it for issuance notifications.

Filer pastes rarely-checked email.
Pro se filers worry about leaving blank.

Court Branch

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Branch or division name of the issuing court (e.g., 'Civil Division', 'Lamoreaux Justice Center'). Optional when the court has a single courthouse.

Filer leaves blank in multi-branch counties.
Filer types informal name.

Court Street

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Street address of the courthouse that entered the judgment.

Filer lists courthouse name.
Filer uses old address.

Court Mailing

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Court mailing address when different from the street address (used when the courthouse uses a P.O. box).

Filer fills when same as street.
Filer pastes their own P.O. Box.

Court City Zip

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City and ZIP of the issuing courthouse.

Filer lists only the city.
Filer uses old courthouse ZIP.

Additional Debtors

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Toggle for whether the writ lists additional judgment debtors on page 2 (item 21). Required because the wizard branches to the page-2 entry.

Filer leaves blank when 2+ debtors.
Filer marks when single debtor.

Additional Debtors Text

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Free-text list of additional debtors (name, entity type, last known address). Required when additional_debtors is true. Names must match the original judgment exactly or the sheriff will not levy.

Filer leaves blank when additional_debtors.
Filer is vague.

Judgment Renewed

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Toggle for item 4 (judgment renewal). Judgments are enforceable for 10 years from entry under CCP 683.020; CCP 683.110 lets the creditor renew for another 10 by filing EJ-190 before the original 10 expires. The writ must reflect renewal status.

Filer marks on first writ.
Filer leaves blank when renewal happened.

Judgment Renewed Dates

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Dates of any judgment renewals (item 4). Required when judgment_renewed is true. Multiple renewals each get a date.

Filer leaves blank when judgment_renewed.
Filer is vague.

Joint Debtor Info

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Toggle for item 23 (page 2). Used only when the judgment is against multiple parties jointly and severally and the writ needs to specify a different last-known address or service-of-summons history for one of them under CCP 989-994.

Filer leaves blank when joint debtor.
Filer is vague.

Writ Possession Extra

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Toggle for item 24 (page 2 / page 3). Required when writ_type is Possession or Sale; carries the property description.

Filer leaves blank when possession.
Filer is vague.

Sister State Judgment

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Toggle for item 25 (page 2). True when the writ is on an out-of-state judgment domesticated in California under the Sister State and Foreign Money Judgments Act (CCP 1710.10).

Filer marks for CA judgments.
Filer leaves blank when sister-state.

Li12 Costs After Judgment

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Item 12. Post-judgment costs the creditor has already paid (sheriff fees, levy fees, prior writ fees, MC-012 itemized amounts). Goes into the running judgment total. Costs without an MC-012 backing it up risk objection from the debtor.

Filer leaves blank.
Filer guesses.

Li14 Credits

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Item 14. Partial payments the debtor has made toward the principal. Reduces the amount the sheriff collects.

Filer leaves blank when credits exist.
Filer guesses.

Li16 Interest After Judgment

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Item 16. Post-judgment interest accrued from the date of judgment to the writ-issuance date at 10 percent simple per year (CCP 685.010). Computed on the principal balance.

Filer leaves blank.
Filer miscalculates 10% statutory rate.

Li17 Writ Issuance Fee

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Item 17. Clerk's writ-issuance fee under Government Code 70626(a)(1), typically $40 (some counties charge $45 with surcharges). Recoverable from the debtor under CCP 685.040.

Filer leaves blank.
Filer guesses.

Li19a Principal Balance

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Item 19.a. Principal balance against which daily interest is computed. Same number as item 15.

Filer leaves blank.
Filer guesses.

Debt Wages

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Item 22.b checkbox. True when the judgment is for unpaid wages. Triggers wage-claim protections; certain exemptions and procedural notices apply.

Filer leaves blank.
Filer marks when not wages.

Debt Support

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Item 22.a checkbox. True when the judgment is for child support or spousal support. Support judgments have separate enforcement priority and longer enforceability under Family Code 4502.

Filer leaves blank.
Filer marks when not support.

Debt Other

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Item 22.d checkbox. Catch-all for non-personal, non-wages, non-support debts (e.g., commercial judgments, contract claims).

Filer leaves blank.
Filer marks when standard category applies.

Debt Other Describe

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Free-text description of the 'Other' debt category (item 22.d). Required when debt_other is true. Used by the sheriff to apply correct exemption and priority rules.

Filer is vague.
Filer leaves blank when debt_other.

Creditor Role Li3

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Item 3 radio. 'Original judgment creditor' is the party named as plaintiff/creditor on the judgment itself. 'Assignee of record' is a successor that bought or was assigned the judgment and recorded the assignment with the court (CCP 673). Picking the wrong box can void the writ; clerks and sheriffs cross-check item 3 against the underlying judgment.

Selecting 'Assignee of record' without filing an Acknowledgment of Assignment of Judgment (EJ-185 or local equivalent) under CCP 673(a). The clerk will reject the writ.
Pro se creditors collecting on their own judgment correctly pick 'Original judgment creditor', even if a collection agency is helping them, unless the judgment was formally assigned.

Notice Of Sale

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Item 7 radio. Notice of sale (CCP 701.540) is required only when the levy is on real property or on personal property valued over $5,000 at sale (CCP 701.547). For bank levies, wage garnishments, and most money-execution writs, pick 'Has not been requested'. When picked 'Has been requested', the creditor must list the personal-property details on page 2 item 23 or attach EJ-130 page 3 for real-property descriptions.

Selecting 'Has been requested' for a routine wage garnishment or bank levy. Notice of sale rules apply to property the sheriff will auction, not to money the sheriff collects.
Filer checks 'required' on a wage levy or bank levy where notice of sale does not apply.
Filer checks 'not required' on a real-property levy where CCP 701.540 mandates notice.

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