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

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Declaration of Address Verification (Wage Garnishment—Enforcement of Judgment)

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Form ID: EJ-135
Title: Declaration of Address Verification (Wage Garnishment—Enforcement of Judgment)
Effective Date: 2026-01-01
Mandatory Form: yes
Info Page: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/EJ-135
Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/ej135.pdf
Form Detail Page:
Declaration of Address Verification (Wage Garnishment—Enforcement of Judgment)
(EJ-135)
If you are enforcing a judgment for personal debt, you are required to verify the judgment debtor's address no later than 12 months before you give
the levying officer any papers to serve on the judgment debtor. This form tells the court when and how you verified the judgment debtor’s address.
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Judicial Council of California, courts.ca.gov 
New January 1, 2026, Mandatory Form 
Code Civ. Proc., § 684.130
Declaration of Address Verification 
(Wage Garnishment—Enforcement of Judgment)
WG-015/EJ-135
FOR COURT USE ONLY
CASE NUMBER:
ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY: STATE BAR NO.:
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 
(Wage Garnishment—Enforcement of Judgment )
Instructions to the judgment creditor for completing this form:  
If you are enforcing a judgment for personal debt, you are required to verify the judgment debtor's address no later than 12 months before you give 
the levying officer any papers to serve on the judgment debtor. (Code Civ. Proc., § 684.130.) 
You must notify the levying officer and the court that you 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.
1. I am (specify): attorney for original judgment creditor assignee of record
2. I am 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. 
(Personal debt means money due or owing because of a transaction for money, property, insurance, or services used primarily for 
the debtor's personal, family, or household purposes. Personal debt does not include rental debt or debts incurred due to, or 
obtained by, tortious or fraudulent conduct or judgments for unpaid wages, damages, or penalties owed to an employee. (Code Civ. 
Proc., § 683.110.))
3. I am asking the levying officer to serve the judgment debtor at the following address:
4. Within the last 12 months, I verified the address in item 3, or someone verified the address in item 3 on my behalf, by (check one):
Receiving correspondence from the judgment debtor                                                    that included a return address or other 
comparable verification of the judgment debtor's address.
a. on (date): 
Sending a letter or legal pleading to the judgment debtor's address                                                    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. 
b. on (date): 
Using a commercial address verification service, including skip-tracing, or using a public records database. I then sent a 
letter or legal pleading to the verified address via first-class mail                                                    and the letter or legal 
pleading was not returned to sender.
c.
on (date): 
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:
(TYPE OR PRINT NAME)
 (SIGNATURE)
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  Form ID: EJ-135 Title: Declaration of Address Verification (Wage Garnishment—Enforcement of Judgment) Effective Date: 2026-01-01 Mandatory Form: yes Info Page: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/EJ-135 Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/ej135.pdf Form Detail Page: Declaration of Addr…

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  (Personal debt means money due or owing because of a transaction for money, property, insurance, or services used primarily for the debtor's personal, family, or household purposes. Personal debt does not include rental debt or debts incurred due to, or obtained by, tortious or fraudulent conduct or judgments for un…