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PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS 307-1062.20›TITLE 7. OTHER PROVISIONAL REMEDIES IN CIVIL ACTIONS 501-574›CHAPTER 2. Claim and Delivery of Personal Property 511.010-516.050›ARTICLE 2. Writ of Possession 512.010-512.120

§ 512.070

California Code of Civil Procedure · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

If a writ of possession is issued, the court may also issue an order directing the defendant to transfer possession of the property to the plaintiff. Such order shall contain a notice to the defendant that failure to turn over possession of such property to plaintiff may subject the defendant to being held in contempt of court.

(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 145.)

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