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type: "Bill"
title: "Residential property: possession by declaration."
description: "Existing law allows a plaintiff, upon motion, to have immediate possession of the premises of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or real property by a writ of possession issued by a court and directed to the sheriff of the county or marshal, for execution, where it appears to the satisfaction of the court, after a hearing on the motion, from the verified complaint and from any affidavits filed or oral testimony given by or on behalf of the parties, that the defendant resides out of state, has departed from the state, cannot, after due diligence, be found within the state, or has concealed himself or herself to avoid the service of summons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1513"
citation: "California AB 1513 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Residential property: possession by declaration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fox"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-01-15"
last_action: "2014-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4d607f4-4fea-477e-a67c-bf1e9537af3a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1513"
source_hash: "465062f1d4858fa459445b57e90a2479a1b124ae511095e4f9536904ac7192c0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 1513 (20132014) — Residential property: possession by declaration.
Existing law allows a plaintiff, upon motion, to have immediate possession of the premises of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or real property by a writ of possession issued by a court and directed to the sheriff of the county or marshal, for execution, where it appears to the satisfaction of the court, after a hearing on the motion, from the verified complaint and from any affidavits filed or oral testimony given by or on behalf of the parties, that the defendant resides out of state, has departed from the state, cannot, after due diligence, be found within the state, or has concealed himself or herself to avoid the service of summons.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/15/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1513&version=20130AB151399INT)
2. **03/17/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1513&version=20130AB151398AMD)
3. **04/08/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1513&version=20130AB151397AMD)
4. **04/24/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1513&version=20130AB151396AMD)
5. **05/06/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1513&version=20130AB151395AMD)
6. **07/01/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1513&version=20130AB151394AMD)
7. **08/06/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1513&version=20130AB151393AMD)
8. **08/21/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1513&version=20130AB151392AMD)
9. **09/27/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1513&version=20130AB151390CHP)
10. **AB1513** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1513)
11. **09/04/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1513&version=20130AB151391ENR)
## Votes
- AB 1513 FOX Assembly Third Reading — **683** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1513 Fox By Correa — **360** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **61** (pass) · upper
- AB 1513 FOX Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **751** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Judiciary. — **110** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **160** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **91** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Fox — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-01-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-01-16** From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
- **2014-01-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-07** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-21** Measure version as amended on April 8 corrected. `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-06** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 3. Page 5008.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-05** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4902.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 24. Page 6646.)
- **2014-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 6653.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 666, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4d607f4-4fea-477e-a67c-bf1e9537af3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).