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You (the plaintiff) brought a small claims or civil suit against a debtor (the defendant) and were awarded a judgment. You, as the judgment creditor (winner) have a right to judgment recovery from the judgment debtor (loser).

Debt Help But, the judgment is merely a piece of paper filed in the courthouse. It is delivered to both your and the debtor. But the court completed it's job after deciding your case. It takes no enforcement action.

This is a change to the law that controls court judgments on debts. Until this change came about, even after you repaid a debt in full, if you had a judgement against your name it would stay there for 5 years. Now, once you have repaid a debt in full, you can approach an attorney to have the judgment rescinded or reversed in court, and removed from your credit record.

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Customer accounts that are not settled by 20 days after due date will be passed to a debt recovery agency and will incur an administration fee of £15.00.

Consolidation Consumer Debt The first thing to do is to discuss payment with the debtor. Money judgment recovery payments are sometimes made on the day of the court hearing or over a period of time.

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Check your totally free credit report for negative information Judgments against you will also stay on your report for approximately seven years. These judgments occur when a creditor has to turn your debt over to a collection agency, then that agency pursues legal action against you in order to obtain payment. If you have ever had your wages garnished because of a debt, that's an example of this type of judgment.

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South African consumers are swimming in a sea of debt. Currently consumer credit to households is estimated at R760bn with 14 million active credit consumers and 50 million open accounts. The average % of debt to income is 73%. There are 80, 000 judgments for debt per month.

Consolidation Debt Service An "execution" allows a court officer to seize property belonging to the defendant which can be sold to pay your judgment. You are responsible for identifying the debtors personal property that can be used to help fulfill your judgment recovery. Court officials can seize these items and offer them at a public sale. Items such as office equipment (computers) and automobiles are typical items court officials can seize.

Company Consolidation Debt You can also file a petition with the court indicating the amount the debtor owes you and request the court to issue an order for discovery of assets. This order can be issued to anyone who has knowledge regarding the assets of the debtor.

Consolidation Debt Online === Judgment Recovery Through Seizure of Bank Assets ===

Consolidation Debt Free You must determine where the debtor's savings or checking accounts are located and the account numbers, if possible. The court official can levy or freeze these accounts. Once frozen, you must then file a motion with the court for the funds to be turned over to you. Once this motion is granted, the court officer will deliver the order to the bank and the funds can be released to you.

Debt Problem If you are unable to locate the debtor's bank, you can obtain an information subpoena from the court that contains questions about the debtor's assets. You can then serve (deliver) the information subpoena to the debtor. The debtor must answer and return the information subpoena.

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Advice Debt A garnishment allows you to collect your judgment by garnishing the defendant's wages, bank accounts, or other sources such as income tax refunds. You must identify the debtor's place of employment and send a notice to the debtor requesting garnishment of wages. If the debtor agrees (or disagrees and the court so orders) a notice of wage execution is delivered to the employer by the court officer. The employer will withhold the specified amount and send it to the court officer who will then send it to you.

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=== Interest on a Judgment Until Recovery is Complete ===

Debt Recovery When you receive a money judgment you are normally entitled to add interest to the unpaid balance until the recovery is complete. The interest rate is typically set by the state legislature or the state's department of treasury. For example, in Michigan the interest rate defined by the Department of Treasury is "calculated from the date of filing the complaint at a rate of interest which is equal to 1% plus the average interest rate paid at auctions of 5-year United States treasury notes during the 6 months immediately preceding July 1 and January 1, as certified by the state treasurer, and compounded annually."

Counseling Credit Debt So, your unsatisfied judgment is probably becoming more valuable as it ages.

Consolidation Debt Uk === Problems With Completing Judgment Recovery ===

Debt Reduce Debtors often try to evade attempts to collect judgments. There are standard tactics debtors use to elude collection such as:

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Debt Negotiation - Moving to another state

Debt Elimination - Moving to another area within the same state

Consolidation Debt Mortgage - Changing their name

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Because most judgment creditors lack knowledge in tracking down the debtor, locating assets, and knowing how to collect, it is estimated that 80% of all judgments go uncollected. Most people understand that hiring an attorney at $100 to $200 an hour will quickly eat up their judgment award, so they do nothing.

Card Consolidate Credit Debt You can, however, do everything necessary to collect your judgment award if you are willing to learn. There are judgment recovery courses in the $100 to $200 range, complete with online resources, that will teach you everything you need to know. Do a search for "judgment recovery" to find a number of sites offering these courses. Though they often advertise that you can make money helping others, you can also simply use the knowledge to recover your own money judgment.

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