County of Los Angeles v. Ranger Insurance

Opinion

ARMSTRONG, J.

— In this case we interpret the language of Code of Civil Procedure section 668.5 to determine whether the date of entry of a judgment in Los Angeles Superior Court, which maintains a register of actions rather than a judgment book, is dependent upon whether the judgment is entered in the register of actions prior to being placed in the court file.

By way of background, we first note that prior to 1974, entry of judgment was governed exclusively by Code of Civil Procedure section 668, 1 which required each county to maintain a judgment book and mandated that judgment was…