EJ-135 Declaration of Address Verification (Wage Garnishment—Enforcement of Judgment)

Source: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/ej135.pdf

WG-015/EJ-135 ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY: STATE BAR NO.: FOR COURT USE ONLY NAME: FIRM NAME: STREET ADDRESS: CITY: STATE: ZIP CODE: TELEPHONE NO.: FAX NO.: EMAIL ADDRESS: ATTORNEY FOR (name):

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF STREET ADDRESS: MAILING ADDRESS: CITY AND ZIP CODE: BRANCH NAME:

PLAINTIFF/PETITIONER:

DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT: DECLARATION OF ADDRESS VERIFICATION CASE NUMBER: (Wage Garnishment—Enforcement of Judgment) Instructions for completing this form: If the judgment creditor is enforcing a judgment for personal debt, they are required to verify the judgment debtor's address no later than 12 months before they give the levying officer any papers to serve on the judgment debtor. (Code Civ. Proc., § 684.130.) The judgment creditor must notify the levying officer and the court that they have completed the address verification by completing this form, giving a copy to the levying officer, and filing the completed form with the court within 10 business days of giving a copy to the levying officer. Anyone with adequate knowledge of the verification may complete this form.

1. I am (check 1 of these 4 boxes): original judgment creditor assignee of record attorney for judgment creditor or assignee a person who knows how the verification described in item 4 was completed (explain your role in the verification process):

2. The judgment creditor is asking the levying officer to serve Writ of Execution (form EJ-130), Notice of Levy (form EJ-150), or other documents related to enforcement of a judgment for personal debt (defined in Code of Civil Procedure section 683.110(d)).

3. The judgment creditor is asking the levying officer to serve the judgment debtor at the following address:

4. Within the last 12 months, the judgment creditor verified the address in item 3, or someone verified it on their behalf, by (check one): a. Receiving correspondence from the judgment debtor on (date): that included a return address or other comparable verification of the judgment debtor's address. b. Sending a letter or legal pleading to the judgment debtor's address on (date): using certified mail, or through some other method of transmission through the United States Postal Service that provides a return receipt, and received a return receipt signed by the judgment debtor. c. Using a commercial address verification service, including skip-tracing, or using a public records database, and then sending a letter or legal pleading to the verified address via first-class mail on (date): . The letter or legal pleading was not returned to sender. d. Using the following method (describe the method and the date it was completed):

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Date:

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