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PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS 307-1062.20›TITLE 6.5. ATTACHMENT 481.010-493.060›CHAPTER 10. Liability for Wrongful Attachment 490.010-490.060

§ 490.040

California Code of Civil Procedure · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The amount of any recovery for wrongful attachment shall be offset insofar as possible against any unsatisfied amounts owed to the plaintiff by the defendant on the judgment in the action for which wrongful attachment damages are awarded.

(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1516.)

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