ARTICLE 2. Amount to Satisfy Money Judgment [695.210. - 695.221.]

Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP 2.

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Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 695.210. Section 695.210.

The amount required to satisfy a money judgment is the total amount of the judgment as entered or renewed with the following additions and subtractions: (a) The addition of costs added to the judgment pursuant to Section 685.090. (b) The addition of interest added to the judgment as it accrues pursuant to Sections 685.010 to 685.030, inclusive. (c) The subtraction of the amount of any partial satisfactions of the judgment. (d) The subtraction of the amount of any portion of the judgment that is no longer enforceable.

Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 695.211. Section 695.211.

(a) Every money judgment or order for child support shall provide notice that interest on arrearages accrues at the legal rate. (b) The notice provisions required by this section shall be incorporated in the appropriate Judicial Council forms. (c) Upon implementation of the California Child Support Automation System prescribed in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 10080) of Part 1 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and certification of the California Child Support Automation System by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, whenever a statement of account is issued by the local child support agency in any child support action, the statement shall include a statement of an amount of current support, arrears, and interest due.

Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 695.215. Section 695.215.

Payment in satisfaction of a money judgment, including payment of a severable portion of the money judgment, interest thereon, and associated costs, does not constitute a waiver of the right to appeal, except to the extent that the payment is the product of compromise or is coupled with an agreement not to appeal. Payment in satisfaction of a severable portion of a money judgment, interest thereon, and associated costs, does not constitute a waiver of the right to appeal other portions of the money judgment.

Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 695.220. Section 695.220.

Money received in satisfaction of a money judgment, except a money judgment for support, is to be credited as follows: (a) The money is first to be credited against the amounts described in subdivision (b) of Section 685.050 that are collected by the levying officer. (b) Any remaining money is next to be credited against any fee due the court pursuant to Section 6103.5 or 68511.3 of the Government Code, which are to be remitted to the court by the levying officer. (c) Any remaining money is next to be credited against the accrued interest that remains unsatisfied. (d) Any remaining money is to be credited against the principal amount of the judgment remaining unsatisfied. If the judgment is payable in installments, the remaining money is to be credited against the matured installments in the order in which they matured.

Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 695.221. Section 695.221.

Satisfaction of a money judgment for support shall be credited as follows: (a) The money shall first be credited against the current month’s support. (b) Any remaining money shall next be credited against the principal amount of the judgment remaining unsatisfied. If the judgment is payable in installments, the remaining money shall be credited against the matured installments in the order in which they matured. (c) Any remaining money shall be credited against the accrued interest that remains unsatisfied. (d) In cases enforced pursuant to Part D (commencing with Section 651) of Subchapter 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code, if a lump-sum payment is collected from a support obligor who has money judgments for support owing to more than one family, effective September 1, 2006, all support collected shall be distributed pursuant to guidelines developed by the Department of Child Support Services. (e) Support collections received between January 1, 2009, and April 30, 2020, inclusive, shall be distributed by the Department of Child Support Services as follows: (1) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a), (b), and (c), a collection received as a result of a federal tax refund offset shall first be credited against the principal amount of past due support that has been assigned to the state pursuant to Section 11477 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and federal law and then any interest due on that past due support, prior to the principal amount of any other past due support remaining unsatisfied and then any interest due on that past due support. (2) The following shall be the order of distribution of child support collections through September 30, 2000, except for federal tax refund offset collections, for child support received for families and children who are former recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program benefits or former recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program benefits: (A) The money shall first be credited against the current month’s support. (B) Any remaining money shall next be credited against interest that accrued on arrearages owed to the family or children since leaving the AFDC program or the TANF program and then the arrearages. (C) Any remaining money shall next be credited against interest that accrued on arrearages owed during the time the family or children received benefits under the AFDC program or the TANF program and then the arrearages. (D) Any remaining money shall next be credited against interest that accrued on arrearages owed to the family or children prior to receiving benefits from the AFDC program or the TANF program and then the arrearages. (f) Support collections received on or after May 1, 2020, shall be distributed by the Department of Child Support Services in accordance with Section 657(a)(2)(B) of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended by Section 7301(b)(1) of the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, in such a manner as to distribute all support collections to families first to the maximum extent permitted by federal law.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026