Legal Question in Personal Injury in California

Re: collecting on a judgement

You need to find out where the person has assets and prepare a writ of execution and have it issued by the Court. Then, levy on the assets that you've located.

J. Caleb Donner

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Re: collecting on a judgement

there are many things that can be done, Judgement Debtor Exams, Bank Levies, Wage Garnishments.

Joel Selik

www.SelikLaw.com

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Re: collecting on a judgement

The first thing you need to do is have an Abstract of Judgment issued by the court, and recorded in at least the County in which the judgment debtor lives. That creates a lien against any and all real property owned or later acquired by the debtor.

What you do next kind of depends on how much informmation you have concerning the debtor. You can levy on bank accounts, garnish wages, levy and sell real property, and the list goes on and on.

A good resource for your to review would be Schwartz and Ahart's California Practice Guide: Enforcing Judgments and Debts (The Rutter Group), which can be found at your local law library. Nolo Press also has a book on collecting judgments which is also very good at explaining what you can do, and how to do it.

If you are inclined, and the judgment is large enough, there are attorneys who do nothing but judgment collection work. Typically they charge a portion of the amount they recover on your behalf.

California Judgments are good for 10 years, after which they expire unless renewed, so you want to make sure that you keep track of how old the judgment is. You would probably be interested to know (if you don't already) that judgments accrue interest at the simple rate of 10% per annum from the date of entry until paid.

Re: collecting on a judgement

Assign 1/3 to an attorney and send him out to collect it. You may contact me.