Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in California

Re: Judgment From Missour1e

As long as your judgment from Missouri is still valid, you should have no problem finding an attorney to handle this. Collection work like this is done on a contingency, meaning the attorney collects a percentage of the recovery (as his fee).

The process is as follows. You obtain a certified copy of the judgment from Missouri and send it to the attorney in California who will enforce it here. The judgment gets "domesticated" here - which means a new lawsuit is filed, but the difference is that there is no legitimate defense to the judgment. In short, absent extraordinary circumstances, you will typically have an enforceable judgment in California within 30-45 days. At that point, we can begin all the usual enforcement measures, such as garnishing wages and seizing assets.

We are collection litigators who enforce many, many judgments. We handle the entire state. If you would like to discuss with us, please call or email.

Good luck.

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Re: Judgment From Missour1e

As the other attorneys have stated, the process is not too difficult. You may want to get a lawyer from El Dorado county, however, since everything will be handled out of that court.

Re: Judgment From Missour1e

You have to "domesticate" the foreign judgement and then proceed to collect. We can help and take many cases on a contingent fee.