(a) Except as otherwise provided, this article applies to a lien created on or after January 1, 2003.
(b) A lien created before January 1, 2003, is governed by the law in existence at the time the lien was created.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 180, Sec. 2. (AB 805) Effective January 1, 2013. Operative January 1, 2014, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 180.)