§ 1733

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 861, Sec. 8. (SB 71) Effective January 1, 2024.
(a)An application for entry of a judgment under this chapter shall be filed in a superior court.
(b)Subject to the power of the court to transfer proceedings under this chapter pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 392) of Part 2, and except as provided in Section 1733.1, the proper county for the filing of an application is either of the following:
(1)The county in which any respondent resides or owns property.
(2)If no respondent is a resident, any county in this state.
(c)A case in which the tribal court money judgment amounts to

thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) or less is a limited civil case.

Other sections in Chapter 3 - Tribal Court Civil Money Judgment Act

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