A judgment for unpaid costs of partition may be enforced by the person entitled to the costs in the manner provided for enforcement of money judgments generally against the share of the party specified in the judgment or against other property of the party.
§ 874.140.Enforcement of Judgment For Unpaid Costs
Title 10.5. Partition of Real and Personal Property · Chapter 8. Costs of Partition · Article 2. Payment of Costs of Partition · Last amended 1983 · Last verified July 28, 2026
In one sentenceSection 874.140 lets a person owed unpaid costs of partition enforce the judgment for those costs the same way money judgments generally are enforced, against the specified party's share or against that party's other property.
Full Text of § 874.140
Plain-English Summary
Once a judgment specifies unpaid costs under § 874.110, the person owed those costs doesn't need a special partition-specific enforcement procedure. This section plugs the judgment into the ordinary enforcement-of-money-judgments machinery available generally in California law.
Enforcement can reach either of two targets: the responsible party's share of the property in the partition action, or that party's other property entirely. That flexibility matters when a party's share alone isn't enough to satisfy what's owed.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does a party collect a judgment for unpaid partition costs?
Through the same procedures used to enforce money judgments generally.
Can enforcement reach property beyond the party's share in the partition action?
Yes, § 874.140 allows enforcement against the party's share or against that party's other property.
Amendment History
Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 497, Sec. 60. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 185 of Ch. 497.
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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