Renewal and execution of judgments: judgment debtor.

Existing law provides that the period of enforceability of a money judgment or a judgment for possession or sale of property may be extended by renewal of the judgment upon application by the judgment creditor to the court in which the judgment was entered. Existing law requires that the application for renewal of the judgment be executed under oath and include, along with other items, the name and address of the judgment creditor and the name and last known address of the judgment debtor. Existing law requires that, after entry of a money judgment, a writ of execution be issued by the clerk of the court upon application by the judgment creditor, and directed to the levying officer in the county where the levy is to be made and to any registered process server. Existing law requires that the writ of execution be issued in the name of the judgment debtor as listed on the judgment. This bill would require the judgment creditor to omit the name of a judgment debtor from the application for renewal of the judgment and the application for a writ of execution if the liability of that judgment debtor has ceased with regard to the judgment, which would include the judgment debtor obtaining a discharge of the judgment pursuant to specified federal bankruptcy statutes or the judgment creditor filing an acknowledgment of satisfaction of judgment with regard to the judgment debtor, as specified.