Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California
The court's full satisfaction of judgment on form SC-145 does not take into account the costs I spent on the bank levy ($140) and the costs I spent on recording the amended abstract of judgment ($35) that haven't yet been included on an MC-012. When I tried to look up the law governing form SC-145, I didn't find any references to any California Civil Code section whatsoever on the form itself (in the lower left-hand corner) nor online. Is there any recourse when the court does not include all costs on SC-145 (e.g. those not yet declared on an MC-012) and enters a full satisfaction of judgment based on that incomplete information? If there is recourse, what is it?
3 Answers from Attorneys
You, yourself, have to file the documents to add the costs to the judgment.
There is a way to claim post-judgment enforcement costs, but you must file the claim before the judgment has been satisfied. (It's OK if the court rules on the claim after the judgment is satisfied, as long as the claim had been properly filed before.) If you are too late, then you cannot recover any more costs.
Your post does not make any sense. The SC-145 is a request by a judgment debtor to pay the judgment to the court. The only part of the form that is used by the judgment creditor is the last page, in which the creditor asks the court for the money.
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