Legal Question in Consumer Law in California

Abstract Judgment

An abstract judgment was placed on my property without notice from a rental agreement in california over 22 years ago. Is there a statute of limitations regarding judgments? Also, I was never served to defend myself against this judgement - I was just notified by the recorders office about this situation. What is my recourse?


Asked on 2/10/09, 4:41 pm

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Bryan C. Becker Your Lawyer for Life.

Re: Abstract Judgment

The statute of limitations for a contract is four years, so this would be well outside of that; however, because you were never served and had no opportunity to defend yourself, a judgment could have been issued regardless of the statute of limitation issue. What you will need to do is file a motion to vacate the default judgment. Our practice handles these regularly for an an inclusive fixed fee. Feel free to contact me if you would like more information.

Yours truly,

Bryan

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Answered on 2/10/09, 5:08 pm


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