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CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
SECTION 263-263.7



263.  (a) This chapter may be cited as the Levying Officer
Electronic Transactions Act.
   (b) The Legislature finds and declares that modern technologies
offer alternatives to paper-based systems and provide the means to
create, store, retrieve, and transmit records and documents in
electronic form resulting in increased efficiency, taxpayer savings,
and improved public access to levying officers. It is the intent of
the Legislature in enacting this act to accommodate current and
future technologies based on industry standards.
   (c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require a court
or levying officer to comply with any of its provisions unless the
court and the levying officer have (1) jointly determined that both
the court and the sheriff's department have the resources and the
technological capacity to do so, and (2) have mutually agreed to
electronically act upon documents as provided in this chapter.



263.1.  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the
following definitions:
   (a) "Electronic mail" or "e-mail" means an electronic message that
is sent to an e-mail address and transmitted between two or more
telecommunications devices, computers, or electronic devices capable
of receiving electronic messages through a local, regional, or global
computer network, whether or not the message is converted to hard
copy format after receipt, viewed upon transmission, or stored for
later retrieval.
   (b) "Electronic record" means a document or record created,
generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic
means.
   (c) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or
process attached to, or logically associated with, an electronic
record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign
the electronic record.
   (d) "Fax" is an abbreviation for "facsimile" and refers, as
indicated by the context, to a facsimile transmission or to a
document so transmitted.
   (e) "Fax machine" means a machine that can send and receive a
facsimile transmission using industry standards and includes a fax
modem connected to a computer.
   (f) "Fax transmission" means the electronic transmission and
reconstruction of a document that prints a duplicate of the original
document at the receiving end. "Fax transmission" includes, but is
not limited to, the use of a facsimile machine or the process of
integrating an electronic fax software application to automate the
sending and receiving of a faxed document as an electronic record, in
portable data format, by e-mail or similar electronic means.
   (g) "Information processing system" means an electronic system for
creating, generating, sending, receiving, storing, displaying,
retrieving, or processing information, but does not include a fax
machine.
   (h) "Instructions" and "levying officer instructions" mean a
written request to a levying officer to serve process, perform a
levy, execute an arrest warrant, or perform some other act.
   (i) "Legal entity" means the legal form of an artificial person
and includes a corporation, defunct corporation, unincorporated
association, partnership, public agency, limited liability company,
joint stock company or association, and limited liability
partnership.
   (j) "Levying officer" means the sheriff or marshal acting as a
ministerial officer pursuant to Section 26608 of the Government Code.
   (k) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible
medium, or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is
retrievable in perceivable form.
   (l) "Transmission record" means the electronic record or document
printed by the sending fax machine, stating the telephone number of
the receiving fax machine, the number of pages sent, the transmission
time and date, and an indication of any errors in transmission.




263.2.  (a) A levying officer may utilize an information processing
system to create, generate, send, receive, store, display, retrieve,
or process information, electronic records, and documents when based
on industry standards and only to the extent that the levying officer
has the resources and technological capacity to do so.
   (b) If a technical problem with the levying officer's system
prevents the levying officer from receiving an electronic
transmission during regular business hours on a particular court day,
and the electronic sender demonstrates an attempt to electronically
transmit the document on that day, the levying officer shall deem the
document or record as filed on that day.



263.3.  Whenever the fax transmission of a document or record to a
levying officer is authorized pursuant to this chapter, all of the
following shall apply:
   (a) A levying officer may act upon an electronic record or
document transmitted by a facsimile machine in the same manner as the
paper record or document upon which the electronic record or
document is based.
   (b) A facsimile cover sheet shall accompany the faxed record or
document and include all of the following information:
   (1) The name of the sender.
   (2) The fax number of the sender.
   (3) The name of the levying officer.
   (4) The fax number of the levying officer.
   (5) A description of the record or document, including its name,
if any, and the number of pages.
   (6) A statement directing the recipient of the faxed document or
record to fax to the sender a confirmation, if true, that the fax was
properly received.
   (c) A person authorized to fax a record or document to the levying
officer pursuant to this chapter shall do all of the following:
   (1) Retain the paper version of the record or document.
   (2) Print or otherwise retain a transmission record of the fax
transmission.
   (3) Deliver the paper version of the record, document, or
transmission record to the levying officer within five days after a
request to do so has been mailed to the sender by the levying
officer.
   (d) The levying officer shall retain the facsimile cover sheet
together with the faxed record or document.
   (e) The levying officer may electronically copy and store the
printed cover sheet, record, or document as an electronic record.




263.4.  (a) A levying officer may create, store, print, or transmit
an electronic record in the place of, and in the same manner as, the
paper record or document upon which the electronic record is based.
   (b) An electronic record transmitted to a levying officer shall be
accompanied by all of the following information:
   (1) The name of the sender.
   (2) The electronic address of the sender.
   (3) The name of the levying officer.
   (4) The electronic address or fax number of the levying officer.
   (c) The person transmitting the electronic record shall do both of
the following:
   (1) Retain the paper version of the record or document.
   (2) Deliver the paper version of the record or document to the
levying officer within five days after a request to do so has been
mailed to the sender by the levying officer.
   (d) For the purpose of this section, "transmission" of an
electronic record includes sending the electronic record included in,
or in conjunction with, an electronic mail message, as defined in
Section 263.1.



263.6.  (a) In lieu of returning to court the paper version of an
original writ of execution, the levying officer may retain the
original writ or an electronic copy of the original writ and file
only a return of the levying officer's actions.
   (b) If the original writ is not returned to court as provided in
subdivision (a), the levying officer shall retain, for not less than
two years after the levying officer's return is filed with court,
each of the following, as applicable:
   (1) The original paper writ or digital image of the writ.
   (2) The memorandum of garnishee.
   (3) The employer's return.
   (4) An inventory of the levied property.
   (c) A creditor seeking the issuance of a writ directed to another
county may direct the levying officer to file an accounting of the
levying officer's actions with the court.
   (1) The filing of the accounting described in this subdivision
does not constitute a return of the writ.
   (2) The accounting shall indicate that the levying officer is in
possession of an active writ.


263.7.  (a) A levying officer shall exclude or redact the following
identifiers from any record or document made available to the public:
   (1) Social security number.
   (2) Financial account number.
   (b) If an identifier is redacted, only the last four digits of the
number may be used.
   (c) A levying officer also shall exclude or redact the identifiers
listed in subdivision (a) from any writ return filed with the court.
   (d) The term "public" does not include the creditor, debtor,
garnishee, or third-party claimant.


State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Ccp > 263-263.7

CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
SECTION 263-263.7



263.  (a) This chapter may be cited as the Levying Officer
Electronic Transactions Act.
   (b) The Legislature finds and declares that modern technologies
offer alternatives to paper-based systems and provide the means to
create, store, retrieve, and transmit records and documents in
electronic form resulting in increased efficiency, taxpayer savings,
and improved public access to levying officers. It is the intent of
the Legislature in enacting this act to accommodate current and
future technologies based on industry standards.
   (c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require a court
or levying officer to comply with any of its provisions unless the
court and the levying officer have (1) jointly determined that both
the court and the sheriff's department have the resources and the
technological capacity to do so, and (2) have mutually agreed to
electronically act upon documents as provided in this chapter.



263.1.  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the
following definitions:
   (a) "Electronic mail" or "e-mail" means an electronic message that
is sent to an e-mail address and transmitted between two or more
telecommunications devices, computers, or electronic devices capable
of receiving electronic messages through a local, regional, or global
computer network, whether or not the message is converted to hard
copy format after receipt, viewed upon transmission, or stored for
later retrieval.
   (b) "Electronic record" means a document or record created,
generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic
means.
   (c) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or
process attached to, or logically associated with, an electronic
record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign
the electronic record.
   (d) "Fax" is an abbreviation for "facsimile" and refers, as
indicated by the context, to a facsimile transmission or to a
document so transmitted.
   (e) "Fax machine" means a machine that can send and receive a
facsimile transmission using industry standards and includes a fax
modem connected to a computer.
   (f) "Fax transmission" means the electronic transmission and
reconstruction of a document that prints a duplicate of the original
document at the receiving end. "Fax transmission" includes, but is
not limited to, the use of a facsimile machine or the process of
integrating an electronic fax software application to automate the
sending and receiving of a faxed document as an electronic record, in
portable data format, by e-mail or similar electronic means.
   (g) "Information processing system" means an electronic system for
creating, generating, sending, receiving, storing, displaying,
retrieving, or processing information, but does not include a fax
machine.
   (h) "Instructions" and "levying officer instructions" mean a
written request to a levying officer to serve process, perform a
levy, execute an arrest warrant, or perform some other act.
   (i) "Legal entity" means the legal form of an artificial person
and includes a corporation, defunct corporation, unincorporated
association, partnership, public agency, limited liability company,
joint stock company or association, and limited liability
partnership.
   (j) "Levying officer" means the sheriff or marshal acting as a
ministerial officer pursuant to Section 26608 of the Government Code.
   (k) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible
medium, or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is
retrievable in perceivable form.
   (l) "Transmission record" means the electronic record or document
printed by the sending fax machine, stating the telephone number of
the receiving fax machine, the number of pages sent, the transmission
time and date, and an indication of any errors in transmission.




263.2.  (a) A levying officer may utilize an information processing
system to create, generate, send, receive, store, display, retrieve,
or process information, electronic records, and documents when based
on industry standards and only to the extent that the levying officer
has the resources and technological capacity to do so.
   (b) If a technical problem with the levying officer's system
prevents the levying officer from receiving an electronic
transmission during regular business hours on a particular court day,
and the electronic sender demonstrates an attempt to electronically
transmit the document on that day, the levying officer shall deem the
document or record as filed on that day.



263.3.  Whenever the fax transmission of a document or record to a
levying officer is authorized pursuant to this chapter, all of the
following shall apply:
   (a) A levying officer may act upon an electronic record or
document transmitted by a facsimile machine in the same manner as the
paper record or document upon which the electronic record or
document is based.
   (b) A facsimile cover sheet shall accompany the faxed record or
document and include all of the following information:
   (1) The name of the sender.
   (2) The fax number of the sender.
   (3) The name of the levying officer.
   (4) The fax number of the levying officer.
   (5) A description of the record or document, including its name,
if any, and the number of pages.
   (6) A statement directing the recipient of the faxed document or
record to fax to the sender a confirmation, if true, that the fax was
properly received.
   (c) A person authorized to fax a record or document to the levying
officer pursuant to this chapter shall do all of the following:
   (1) Retain the paper version of the record or document.
   (2) Print or otherwise retain a transmission record of the fax
transmission.
   (3) Deliver the paper version of the record, document, or
transmission record to the levying officer within five days after a
request to do so has been mailed to the sender by the levying
officer.
   (d) The levying officer shall retain the facsimile cover sheet
together with the faxed record or document.
   (e) The levying officer may electronically copy and store the
printed cover sheet, record, or document as an electronic record.




263.4.  (a) A levying officer may create, store, print, or transmit
an electronic record in the place of, and in the same manner as, the
paper record or document upon which the electronic record is based.
   (b) An electronic record transmitted to a levying officer shall be
accompanied by all of the following information:
   (1) The name of the sender.
   (2) The electronic address of the sender.
   (3) The name of the levying officer.
   (4) The electronic address or fax number of the levying officer.
   (c) The person transmitting the electronic record shall do both of
the following:
   (1) Retain the paper version of the record or document.
   (2) Deliver the paper version of the record or document to the
levying officer within five days after a request to do so has been
mailed to the sender by the levying officer.
   (d) For the purpose of this section, "transmission" of an
electronic record includes sending the electronic record included in,
or in conjunction with, an electronic mail message, as defined in
Section 263.1.



263.6.  (a) In lieu of returning to court the paper version of an
original writ of execution, the levying officer may retain the
original writ or an electronic copy of the original writ and file
only a return of the levying officer's actions.
   (b) If the original writ is not returned to court as provided in
subdivision (a), the levying officer shall retain, for not less than
two years after the levying officer's return is filed with court,
each of the following, as applicable:
   (1) The original paper writ or digital image of the writ.
   (2) The memorandum of garnishee.
   (3) The employer's return.
   (4) An inventory of the levied property.
   (c) A creditor seeking the issuance of a writ directed to another
county may direct the levying officer to file an accounting of the
levying officer's actions with the court.
   (1) The filing of the accounting described in this subdivision
does not constitute a return of the writ.
   (2) The accounting shall indicate that the levying officer is in
possession of an active writ.


263.7.  (a) A levying officer shall exclude or redact the following
identifiers from any record or document made available to the public:
   (1) Social security number.
   (2) Financial account number.
   (b) If an identifier is redacted, only the last four digits of the
number may be used.
   (c) A levying officer also shall exclude or redact the identifiers
listed in subdivision (a) from any writ return filed with the court.
   (d) The term "public" does not include the creditor, debtor,
garnishee, or third-party claimant.



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Statutes > California > Ccp > 263-263.7

CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
SECTION 263-263.7



263.  (a) This chapter may be cited as the Levying Officer
Electronic Transactions Act.
   (b) The Legislature finds and declares that modern technologies
offer alternatives to paper-based systems and provide the means to
create, store, retrieve, and transmit records and documents in
electronic form resulting in increased efficiency, taxpayer savings,
and improved public access to levying officers. It is the intent of
the Legislature in enacting this act to accommodate current and
future technologies based on industry standards.
   (c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require a court
or levying officer to comply with any of its provisions unless the
court and the levying officer have (1) jointly determined that both
the court and the sheriff's department have the resources and the
technological capacity to do so, and (2) have mutually agreed to
electronically act upon documents as provided in this chapter.



263.1.  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the
following definitions:
   (a) "Electronic mail" or "e-mail" means an electronic message that
is sent to an e-mail address and transmitted between two or more
telecommunications devices, computers, or electronic devices capable
of receiving electronic messages through a local, regional, or global
computer network, whether or not the message is converted to hard
copy format after receipt, viewed upon transmission, or stored for
later retrieval.
   (b) "Electronic record" means a document or record created,
generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic
means.
   (c) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or
process attached to, or logically associated with, an electronic
record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign
the electronic record.
   (d) "Fax" is an abbreviation for "facsimile" and refers, as
indicated by the context, to a facsimile transmission or to a
document so transmitted.
   (e) "Fax machine" means a machine that can send and receive a
facsimile transmission using industry standards and includes a fax
modem connected to a computer.
   (f) "Fax transmission" means the electronic transmission and
reconstruction of a document that prints a duplicate of the original
document at the receiving end. "Fax transmission" includes, but is
not limited to, the use of a facsimile machine or the process of
integrating an electronic fax software application to automate the
sending and receiving of a faxed document as an electronic record, in
portable data format, by e-mail or similar electronic means.
   (g) "Information processing system" means an electronic system for
creating, generating, sending, receiving, storing, displaying,
retrieving, or processing information, but does not include a fax
machine.
   (h) "Instructions" and "levying officer instructions" mean a
written request to a levying officer to serve process, perform a
levy, execute an arrest warrant, or perform some other act.
   (i) "Legal entity" means the legal form of an artificial person
and includes a corporation, defunct corporation, unincorporated
association, partnership, public agency, limited liability company,
joint stock company or association, and limited liability
partnership.
   (j) "Levying officer" means the sheriff or marshal acting as a
ministerial officer pursuant to Section 26608 of the Government Code.
   (k) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible
medium, or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is
retrievable in perceivable form.
   (l) "Transmission record" means the electronic record or document
printed by the sending fax machine, stating the telephone number of
the receiving fax machine, the number of pages sent, the transmission
time and date, and an indication of any errors in transmission.




263.2.  (a) A levying officer may utilize an information processing
system to create, generate, send, receive, store, display, retrieve,
or process information, electronic records, and documents when based
on industry standards and only to the extent that the levying officer
has the resources and technological capacity to do so.
   (b) If a technical problem with the levying officer's system
prevents the levying officer from receiving an electronic
transmission during regular business hours on a particular court day,
and the electronic sender demonstrates an attempt to electronically
transmit the document on that day, the levying officer shall deem the
document or record as filed on that day.



263.3.  Whenever the fax transmission of a document or record to a
levying officer is authorized pursuant to this chapter, all of the
following shall apply:
   (a) A levying officer may act upon an electronic record or
document transmitted by a facsimile machine in the same manner as the
paper record or document upon which the electronic record or
document is based.
   (b) A facsimile cover sheet shall accompany the faxed record or
document and include all of the following information:
   (1) The name of the sender.
   (2) The fax number of the sender.
   (3) The name of the levying officer.
   (4) The fax number of the levying officer.
   (5) A description of the record or document, including its name,
if any, and the number of pages.
   (6) A statement directing the recipient of the faxed document or
record to fax to the sender a confirmation, if true, that the fax was
properly received.
   (c) A person authorized to fax a record or document to the levying
officer pursuant to this chapter shall do all of the following:
   (1) Retain the paper version of the record or document.
   (2) Print or otherwise retain a transmission record of the fax
transmission.
   (3) Deliver the paper version of the record, document, or
transmission record to the levying officer within five days after a
request to do so has been mailed to the sender by the levying
officer.
   (d) The levying officer shall retain the facsimile cover sheet
together with the faxed record or document.
   (e) The levying officer may electronically copy and store the
printed cover sheet, record, or document as an electronic record.




263.4.  (a) A levying officer may create, store, print, or transmit
an electronic record in the place of, and in the same manner as, the
paper record or document upon which the electronic record is based.
   (b) An electronic record transmitted to a levying officer shall be
accompanied by all of the following information:
   (1) The name of the sender.
   (2) The electronic address of the sender.
   (3) The name of the levying officer.
   (4) The electronic address or fax number of the levying officer.
   (c) The person transmitting the electronic record shall do both of
the following:
   (1) Retain the paper version of the record or document.
   (2) Deliver the paper version of the record or document to the
levying officer within five days after a request to do so has been
mailed to the sender by the levying officer.
   (d) For the purpose of this section, "transmission" of an
electronic record includes sending the electronic record included in,
or in conjunction with, an electronic mail message, as defined in
Section 263.1.



263.6.  (a) In lieu of returning to court the paper version of an
original writ of execution, the levying officer may retain the
original writ or an electronic copy of the original writ and file
only a return of the levying officer's actions.
   (b) If the original writ is not returned to court as provided in
subdivision (a), the levying officer shall retain, for not less than
two years after the levying officer's return is filed with court,
each of the following, as applicable:
   (1) The original paper writ or digital image of the writ.
   (2) The memorandum of garnishee.
   (3) The employer's return.
   (4) An inventory of the levied property.
   (c) A creditor seeking the issuance of a writ directed to another
county may direct the levying officer to file an accounting of the
levying officer's actions with the court.
   (1) The filing of the accounting described in this subdivision
does not constitute a return of the writ.
   (2) The accounting shall indicate that the levying officer is in
possession of an active writ.


263.7.  (a) A levying officer shall exclude or redact the following
identifiers from any record or document made available to the public:
   (1) Social security number.
   (2) Financial account number.
   (b) If an identifier is redacted, only the last four digits of the
number may be used.
   (c) A levying officer also shall exclude or redact the identifiers
listed in subdivision (a) from any writ return filed with the court.
   (d) The term "public" does not include the creditor, debtor,
garnishee, or third-party claimant.