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Other states, such as Arizona, are more strict and may exempt only $150 in a checking account comparatively speaking. Even further, other states have more moderate policies, with California's homestead exemption law providing between $300,000 to $600,000 of exempt equity in a homestead, depending on the county where the debtor is located. [2]
Bernard Witkin's Summary of California Law, a legal treatise popular with California judges and lawyers. The Constitution of California is the foremost source of state law. . Legislation is enacted within the California Statutes, which in turn have been codified into the 29 California Co
The writ of mandate is a type of extraordinary writ in the U.S. state of California. [1] [2] In California, certain writs are used by the superior courts, courts of appeal and the Supreme Court to command lower bodies, including both courts and
The California Code of Civil Procedure (abbreviated to Code Civ. Proc. in the California Style Manual [a] or just CCP in treatises and other less formal contexts) is a California code enacted by the California State Legislature in March 1872 as the general codification of the law of civil procedure in the U.S. state of California, along with the three other original Codes.
In 2014 the California Court of Appeals clarified the Act's provision concerning a rent-control exemption based on a "certificate of occupancy issued after February 1, 1995." [ 46 ] The provision was held to apply only to certificates of occupancy that preceded the residential use of the unit.
Tucked into a sprawling budget plan the California Legislature approved Wednesday night was a last-minute exemption from the state's landmark environmental law that lawmakers granted to themselves.
For example, as enacted in California, the Civil Code contains a definition of consideration, [4] a principle in the common law of contracts which has no direct equivalent in civil law systems. Similarly, it codifies the mailbox rule that communication of acceptance is effective when dropped in the mail, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] which is a feature unique to ...
(The Center Square) – Come Jan. 1, California will be seeing a few dozen bills aimed at creating affordable housing in the state. The bills range in purpose from preventing homelessness to ...