Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in California

You will have to file a lawsuit, obtain a judgment and then record a lien before you can avoid having him sell the assets to another company, and leave you holding the bill (literally). There is no means that I am aware of, where you (I assume from the information you provided) do not have physical custody of his trucks and/or trailers to hold and lien. Depending upon the amount, you can file in Small Claims Court and get to court relatively quickly, or you can file in Superior Court, in which case if he files an answer, you could be a year or two before going to trial. Consult a local attorney as soon as possible to review your options, as there are a lot of other factors that need to be reviewed to give you full and complete advice on this matter.

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