{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-488.480","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 488.480","heading":"","body":"(a) As used in this section, “final money judgment” means a money judgment after the time for appeal from the judgment has expired or, if an appeal is filed, after the appeal has been finally determined.\n(b) To attach a final money judgment, the levying officer shall file a copy of the writ of attachment and a notice of attachment with the clerk of the court that entered the final money judgment. The court clerk shall endorse upon the judgment a statement of the existence of the attachment lien and the time it was created. If an abstract of the judgment is issued, it shall include a statement of the attachment lien in favor of the plaintiff.\n(c) At the time of levy or promptly thereafter, the levying officer shall serve a copy of the writ of attachment and a notice of attachment on the judgment debtor obligated to pay the final money judgment attached.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","TITLE 6.5. ATTACHMENT [481.010. - 493.060.]","CHAPTER 8. Levy Procedures; Lien of Attachment; Management and Disposition of Attached Property [488.010. - 488.740.]","ARTICLE 2. Methods of Levy [488.300. - 488.485.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"1e30001fa83387c2bac65da3495b4082d4d43aea8dfaaca654a74630b2162459","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-488.475","next":"us-ca/ccp-488.485"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}