Cal. CCP § 482.120
This is the official text of Cal. CCP § 482.120, part of California’s Code of Civil Procedure — sets the procedural rules for civil lawsuits in California courts, including filing deadlines, discovery, and judgments.
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Official statutory text
If the court determines at the hearing on issuance of a writ of attachment under this title that the value of the defendant’s interest in the property described in the plaintiff’s application clearly exceeds the amount necessary to satisfy the amount to be secured by the attachment, the court may direct the order of levy on the property described in the writ or restrict the amount of the property to be levied upon.
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