A deposit account or safe deposit box standing in the name of a person other than the judgment debtor, either alone of together with other third persons, is not subject to levy unless the levy is authorized by court order. (CCP 700.160) For the purposes of levies against deposit accounts, a person who is only named on an account as a payee designated in a pay-on death provision in the account or as the beneficiary of a Totten trust account is not considered to be a third person in whose name the deposit account stands.
Although not specifically required by law, a copy of the court order should be served on the financial institution at the time of personal service of the writ and notice of levy.
All other provisions of 6-20/560.31 Levy Without Court Order apply.