Court records: electronic forms.

Existing law governs the procedure for levying an execution lien upon real or personal property. Existing law requires the judgment creditor to give the levying officer written instructions containing the information needed or requested by the levying officer to serve the writ, order, notice, or other paper on a person. This bill would require instructions given to a levying officer to include specified information if the instructions are accompanied by a specified writ of execution issued by the court as an electronic record or document printed from an electronic record issued by the court. Except as specified, the bill would authorize the levying officer to proceed in the same manner as if in possession of a paper version of the original writ. Existing law authorizes courts to create and maintain court records in electronic forms and authorizes the signing and verification of specified trial court documents using a computer or other technology. Existing law also defines the term "court record" for purposes of the management of trial court records. This bill would additionally include a writ, subpoena, or other legal process as a trial court document that may be signed and verified using a computer or other technology. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 68150 of the Government Code proposed by AB 1352 that would become operative if this bill and AB 1352 are enacted, and this bill is chaptered last.