This guide provides an overview of methods to enforce a judgment in California, after you have won a civil or small claims lawsuit. To levy the debtor's bank account, you must ask the court to issue a writ of execution.The entire process, from debt satisfaction to recordation of the release, ordinarily takes roughly four weeks to complete. To do this, fill out a JL-1. The two most common and inexpensive assets to levy are wages and bank accounts. Fill out a Claim of Exemption Enforcement of Judgment (Form EJ-160) AND a Financial. The FDIC may be able to assist you in obtaining a lien release if the request is for a customer of a failed bank that was placed into FDIC receivership. The lender is the institution that made the loan. They will have to pay the judgment or fill out the Statement of Assets and mail it to you. The Sheriff shall serve Notice of Levy on the bank. 3.