If a judgment is renewed pursuant to this article, any enforcement proceeding previously commenced pursuant to the judgment or to a writ or order issued pursuant to the judgment that would have ceased pursuant to Section 683.020 had the judgment not been renewed may be continued, subject to any other limitations provided in this title, if, before the expiration of the prior 10-year period of enforceability, a certified copy of the application for renewal of the judgment is filed with the levying officer, receiver, or other officer acting pursuant to such writ or order or, in other cases, is filed in the enforcement proceeding.
§ 683.200.Enforcement Proceeding Continued
Title 9. Enforcement of Judgments · Division 1 · Chapter 3. Period for Enforcement and Renewal of Judgments · Article 2. Renewal of Judgments · Enacted 1982 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 28, 2026
In one sentenceSection 683.200 lets an enforcement proceeding already underway continue past what would otherwise be its cutoff, if the creditor files a certified copy of the renewal application with the levying officer, receiver, or other officer, or in the proceeding itself, before the prior 10-year period expires.
Full Text of § 683.200
Plain-English Summary
Renewing a judgment doesn't automatically keep an in-progress enforcement proceeding alive — this section is what does that. If an enforcement proceeding was already commenced under the judgment, or under a writ or order issued pursuant to it, and that proceeding would otherwise have to stop under § 683.020 once the prior 10-year period expired, timely renewal can keep it going instead.
The mechanism is filing, not automatic carryover. Before the prior 10-year period expires, the creditor files a certified copy of the renewal application with whoever is administering the proceeding — the levying officer, a receiver, or another officer acting under the writ or order — or, in other kinds of proceedings, files it directly in the proceeding. Done in time, the proceeding continues, subject to whatever other limitations this title otherwise places on it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does renewing a judgment automatically keep a pending enforcement proceeding alive?
No. The creditor must file a certified copy of the renewal application with the officer administering the proceeding, or in the proceeding itself, before the prior 10-year period expires.
What kinds of proceedings does this section cover?
Any enforcement proceeding commenced under the judgment or under a writ or order issued under it that would otherwise cease under § 683.020.
Where does the creditor file the renewal application to keep the proceeding going?
With the levying officer, receiver, or other officer acting under the writ or order, or, in other proceedings, directly in the proceeding.
Amendment History
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 1364.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
the Deering's California Codes Annotated / vLex. Enacted by the California Legislature.
Last verified July 28, 2026.
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