This law section explains how long a judgment, which is a court's decision requiring one party to pay another, can be enforced and under what conditions it can be renewed. You can extend the period to enforce a money judgment or a judgment involving property by renewing it, but not within five years of the last renewal. Special rules apply to renewing judgments related to medical expenses under $200,000 and personal debts under $50,000; these can only be renewed once. The law also clarifies who counts as a debtor and what types of debts can be renewed, excluding those from fraud or unpaid wages.

If you have won a court judgment and want to renew it, you must submit an application to the court where the original judgment was made. Generally, this renewal makes the judgment valid and enforceable for another 10 years. However, certain judgments can only be renewed once and will only be enforceable for five more years if renewed after 2022. For judgments paid in installments, they are treated as a single sum when renewed.

This law outlines when you can renew a judgment, which is a court decision about things like paying money or transferring property. For one-time money judgments or property judgments, you must apply for renewal before 10 years from when the judgment can be enforced. If it's already renewed, do it before the new 10-year enforceability period ends. For judgments paid over time, apply for renewal for unpaid parts that aren’t older than 10 years, or for any amounts after the last renewal within 10 years.

When you apply to renew a judgment, the court clerk will record it in the court's records, and you'll need to pay a fee specified in another section of law. If it's about money, the renewed judgment will show how much is needed to satisfy it, including the renewal fee, as of your application date. For money judgments paid in installments, the renewed amount includes overdue payments, costs, and interest still owed when you file for renewal. For renewed installment judgments, it includes amounts from past renewals plus new overdue payments, costs, interest, and the renewal fee. If the judgment involves possession or sale of property, the renewal will state what actions are still required.

If you are a judgment creditor and want to renew a judgment, you must notify the person you won the judgment against. You can serve this notice personally or by mail, and then you have to prove you did so by filing it with the court. The notice must let the debtor know they have 60 days to challenge the renewal. Without this proof of service, you can't start enforcing the renewed judgment.

This law explains how a renewed judgment can be canceled if there’s a valid reason, like an error in the amount. If someone thinks the renewal is incorrect, the person who owes the money (the judgment debtor) has 60 days after they are notified to ask the court to cancel it. This request, called a motion, must be served to the person who is owed money (the judgment creditor). The court can then decide to cancel the renewal or adjust the amount if needed.

This law explains how a lien on real property, which is essentially a legal claim due to a debt, can be extended when related to a money judgment. If the debt judgment is renewed, the lien can last for ten more years, but this requires filing a certified renewal application with the county where the property is. However, if the real property was transferred before the renewal was filed, the lien doesn't automatically extend unless you serve the new owner in person with the renewal application and file proof of this service with the court within 90 days.

This section talks about extending the duration of specific liens, like those created by a court enforcement process. When a judgment linked to such a lien is renewed, the lien's duration can be extended up to 10 years. To do this, a certified copy of the renewal application must be served or filed with the same person in the same way as the original lien notice, before the current lien expires.

If a court judgment is renewed, any efforts to enforce that judgment, which would have stopped if it wasn't renewed, can continue. This is possible if a certified copy of the renewal application is filed before the initial 10-year enforcement period ends. The copy should be filed with the appropriate official, like a levying officer, involved in enforcing the judgment.

This law says that you can renew a judgment even if there is a temporary hold on enforcing it. However, renewing doesn't remove or change that hold.

When a court judgment is renewed, the starting point for how long you have to take further legal action on that judgment begins from the date you apply for renewal.