California Charging Order Statutes And Opinions
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California Charging Order
- PROCEDURAL RULES:
- Cal.C.C.P. § 697.910. Application of article;
- Cal.C.C.P. § 699.720. Property not subject to execution:
- Cal.C.C.P. § 708.310. Money judgment against partner or member;
- Cal.C.C.P. § 708.320. Creation of lien on a judgment creditor’s interest in partnership or limited liability company; conditions; effect of issuing charging order.
- GENERAL PARTNERSHIPS: Cal.Corp.Code § 16504. Use of transferable interest to satisfy judgment
- LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS: Cal.Corp.Code § 15907.03. Rights of creditor of partner or transferee
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES: Cal.Corp.Code § 17705.03. Charging order
PROCEDURAL RULES
Cal.C.C.P. § 697.910. Application of article
This article applies to liens created by any of the following:
(a) An examination proceeding as provided in Section 708.110, 708.120, or 708.205.
(b) A creditor’s suit as provided in Section 708.250.
(c) A charging order as provided in Section 708.320.
Cal.C.C.P. § 699.720. Property not subject to execution
(a) The following types of property are not subject to execution:
(1) An alcoholic beverage license that is transferable under Article 5 (commencing with Section 24070) of Chapter 6 of Division 9 of the Business and Professions Code.
(2) The interest of a partner in a partnership or member in a limited liability company if the partnership or the limited liability company is not a judgment debtor. * * *
(b) Nothing in subdivision (a) affects or limits the right of the judgment creditor to apply property to the satisfaction of a money judgment pursuant to any applicable procedure other than execution.
Cal.C.C.P. § 708.310. Money judgment against partner or member
If a money judgment is rendered against a partner or member but not against the partnership or limited liability company, the judgment debtor’s interest in the partnership or limited liability company may be applied toward the satisfaction of the judgment by an order charging the judgment debtor’s interest pursuant to Section 15907.3, 16504, or 17705.03 of the Corporations Code.
Cal.C.C.P. § 708.320. Creation of lien on a judgment creditor’s interest in partnership or limited liability company; conditions; effect of issuing charging order
(a) A lien on a judgment debtor’s interest in a partnership or limited liability company is created by service of a notice of motion for a charging order on the judgment debtor and on either of the following:
(1) All partners or the partnership.
(2) All members or the limited liability company.
(b) If a charging order is issued, the lien created pursuant to subdivision (a) continues under the terms of the order. If issuance of the charging order is denied, the lien is extinguished.
GENERAL PARTNERSHIPS
Cal.Corp.Code § 16504. Use of transferable interest to satisfy judgment
(a) On application by a judgment creditor of a partner or of a partner’s transferee, a court having jurisdiction may charge the transferable interest of the judgment debtor to satisfy the judgment. The court may appoint a receiver of the share of the distributions due or to become due to the judgment debtor in respect of the partnership and make all other orders, directions, accounts, and inquiries the judgment debtor might have made or that the circumstances of the case may require.
(b) A charging order constitutes a lien on the judgment debtor’s transferable interest in the partnership. The court may order a foreclosure of the interest subject to the charging order at any time. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale has the rights of a transferee.
(c) At any time before foreclosure, an interest charged may be redeemed in any of the following manners:
(1) By the judgment debtor.
(2) With property other than partnership property, by one or more of the other partners.
(3) With partnership property, by one or more of the other partners with the consent of all of the partners whose interests are not so charged.
(d) This chapter does not deprive a partner of a right under exemption laws with respect to the partner’s interest in the partnership.
(e) This section provides the exclusive remedy by which a judgment creditor of a partner or partner’s transferee may satisfy a judgment out of the judgment debtor’s transferable interest in the partnership.
Cal.Corp.Code § 16801. Conditions of dissolution or winding up of partnership business
A partnership is dissolved, and its business shall be wound up, only upon the occurrence of any of the following events: * * *
(6) On application by a transferee of a partner’s transferable interest, a judicial determination that it is equitable to wind up the partnership business after the expiration of the term or completion of the undertaking, if the partnership was for a definite term or particular undertaking at the time of the transfer or entry of the charging order that gave rise to the transfer.
LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS
Cal.Corp.Code § 15907.03. Rights of creditor of partner or transferee
(a) On application to a court of competent jurisdiction by any judgment creditor of a partner or transferee, the court may charge the transferable interest of the judgment debtor with payment of the unsatisfied amount of the judgment with interest. To the extent so charged, the judgment creditor has only the rights of a transferee. The court may appoint a receiver of the share of the distributions due or to become due to the judgment debtor in respect of the limited partnership and make all other orders, directions, accounts, and inquiries the judgment debtor might have made or which the circumstances of the case may require to give effect to the charging order.
(b) A charging order constitutes a lien on the judgment debtor’s transferable interest. The court may order a foreclosure upon the interest subject to the charging order at any time. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale has the rights of a transferee.
(c) At any time before foreclosure, an interest charged may be redeemed:
(1) by the judgment debtor;
(2) with property other than limited partnership property, by one or more of the other partners; or
(3) with limited partnership property, by the limited partnership with the consent of all partners whose interests are not so charged.
(d) This chapter does not deprive any partner or transferee of the benefit of any exemption laws applicable to the partner’s or transferee’s transferable interest.
(e) This section provides the exclusive remedy by which a judgment creditor of a partner or transferee may satisfy a judgment out of the judgment debtor’s transferable interest.
(f) No creditor of a partner shall have any right to obtain possession or otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with respect to the property of the limited partnership.
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES
Cal.Corp.Code § 17705.03. Charging order
(a) On application by a judgment creditor of a member or transferee, a court may enter a charging order against the transferable interest of the judgment debtor for the unsatisfied amount of the judgment. A charging order constitutes a lien on a judgment debtor’s transferable interest and requires the limited liability company to pay over to the person to which the charging order was issued any distribution that would otherwise be paid to the judgment debtor.
(b) To the extent necessary to effectuate the collection of distributions pursuant to a charging order in effect under subdivision (a), the court may do any of the following:
(1) Appoint a receiver of the distributions subject to the charging order, with the power to make all inquiries the judgment debtor might have made.
(2) Make all other orders necessary to give effect to the charging order.
(3) Upon a showing that distributions under a charging order will not pay the judgment debt within a reasonable time, foreclose the lien and order the sale of the transferable interest. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale obtains only the transferable interest, does not thereby become a member, and is subject to Section 17705.02.
(c) At any time before foreclosure under paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), the member or transferee whose transferable interest is subject to a charging order under subdivision (a) may extinguish the charging order by satisfying the judgment and filing a certified copy of the satisfaction with the court that issued the charging order.
(d) At any time before foreclosure under paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), a limited liability company or one or more members whose transferable interests are not subject to the charging order may pay to the judgment creditor the full amount due under the judgment and thereby succeed to the rights of the judgment creditor, including the charging order.
(e) This title does not deprive any member or transferee of the benefit of any exemption laws applicable to the member’s or transferee’s transferable interest.
(f) This section provides the exclusive remedy by which a person seeking to enforce a judgment against a member or transferee may, in the capacity of judgment creditor, satisfy the judgment from the judgment debtor’s transferable interest.
Cal.Corp.Code § 17701.12. Operating agreement; approval of amendment; effect on third parties and relationship to records effective on behalf of limited liability company * * *
(b) The obligations of a limited liability company and its members to a person in the person’s capacity as a transferee or dissociated member are governed by the operating agreement. Subject only to any court order issued under paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 17705.03 to effectuate a charging order, an amendment to the operating agreement made after a person becomes a transferee or dissociated member is effective with regard to any debt, obligation, or other liability of the limited liability company or its members to the person in the person’s capacity as a transferee or dissociated member. * * *
Cal.Corp.Code § 17704.04. Sharing of and right to distributions before dissolution; allocation of profits and losses
(a) Any distributions made by a limited liability company before its dissolution and winding up shall be among the members in accordance with the operating agreement. If the operating agreement does not otherwise provide, distributions shall be on the basis of the value, as stated in the required records when the limited liability company decides to make the distribution, of the contributions the limited liability company has received from each member, except to the extent necessary to comply with any transfer effective under Section 17705.02 and any charging order in effect under Section 17705.03. * * *
Cal.Corp.Code § 17706.02. Events causing dissociation
A person is dissociated as a member from a limited liability company when any of the following occur: * * *
(d) The person is expelled as a member by the unanimous consent of the other members because any of the following applies: * * *
(2) There has been a transfer of all of the person’s transferable interest in the limited liability company, other than either of the following:
(A) A transfer for security purposes.
(B) A charging order in effect under Section 17705.03 that has not been foreclosed.
California Charging Order Opinions
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- 1991CaliforniaHellmanForeclosureSale
- 2012CaliforniaWayfarerAviationForeignEntity
- 2013CaliforniaSafecoInsuranceUnknownInterest
- 2015CaliforniaTextronFinancial
- 2018CaliforniaGarcia
- 2019CaliforniaMDQ
- 2020CaliforniaPerezUnknownInterests
- 2021CaliforniaBlizzardEnergyAlterEgoVeilPiercingExclusiveRemedy
- 2021CaliforniaMediproReceiver
- 2021CaliforniaRiceLienPriority
- 2022CaliforniaRedLionExclusiveRemedy
- Opinion2022CaliforniaFremontBankReceiver
- Opinion2022CaliforniaSingleBoxReceiver
- Opinion2022CaliforniaTextronFinancial
- Opinion2023FremontBankCaliforniaExemption
- Opinion2023PrimeVictorChargingOrderForm
- Opinion2023SaregamaProcedureRulesChargingOrder