California · Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
CCP §1710.20: (a) An application for entry of a judgment based on a sister state judgment shall be filed in a superior court.
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(a) An application for entry of a judgment based on a sister state judgment shall be filed in a superior court. (b) Subject to the power of the court to transfer proceedings under this chapter pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 392) of Part 2, the proper county for the filing of an application is any of the following: (1) The county in which any judgment debtor resides. (2) If no judgment debtor is a resident, any county in this state. (c) A case in which the sister state judgment amounts to thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) or less is a limited civil case.
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