Section 19304 Of Chapter 9. Claims Established By Judgment From California Probate Code >> Division 9. >> Part 8. >> Chapter 9.
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. (a) An attachment lien may be converted into a judgment lien
on property in the trust estate subject to the attachment lien, with
the same priority as the attachment lien, in either of the following
cases:
(1) Where the judgment debtor dies after entry of judgment in an
action in which the property was attached.
(2) Where a judgment is entered after the death of the defendant
in an action in which the property was attached.
(b) To convert the attachment lien into a judgment lien, the
levying officer shall, after entry of judgment in the action in which
the property was attached and before the expiration of the
attachment lien, do one of the following:
(1) Serve an abstract of the judgment, and a notice that the
attachment lien has become a judgment lien, on the trustee or other
person holding property subject to the attachment lien.
(2) Record or file in any office where the writ of attachment and
notice of attachment are recorded or filed an abstract of the
judgment and a notice that the attachment lien has become a judgment
lien. If the attached property is real property, the plaintiff or the
plaintiff's attorney may record the required abstract and notice
with the same effect as if recorded by the levying officer.
(c) After the death of the settlor, any members of the deceased
settlor's family who were supported in whole or in part by the
deceased settlor may claim an exemption provided in Section 487.020
of the Code of Civil Procedure for property levied on under the writ
of attachment if the right to the exemption exists at the time the
exemption is claimed. The trustee may claim the exemption on behalf
of members of the deceased settlor's family. The claim of exemption
may be made at any time before the time the abstract and notice are
served, recorded, or filed under subdivision (b) with respect to the
property claimed to be exempt. The claim of exemption shall be made
in the same manner as an exemption is claimed under Section 482.100
of the Code of Civil Procedure.