Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California

If you have a judgment you can immediately have a writ issued. The only "deadline" related to a "judgment" is that a judgment in California is valid for 10 years and may be renewed every 10 years. If you went to trial and won, you probably have a judgment which is immediately enforceable.

I am not sure I fully understand what the status is of the judgment, but after the court awards you a sum, you need to make sure a judgment form is completed. That form then goes to the Clerk of the Court to be entered. If its been three weeks I would suspect that the form is not in order (although last summer San Diego was as many as four weeks behind). But at this point I would contact the clerk of the court where your case is pending with your case number and the order of the Court and find out if there is anything else you need to do, other than wait, for the judgment to be entered.

You can't get a writ of execution until you have a judgment entered.