Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California
If you won a civil judgement against someone and was given a monetary award but have not been able to collected against that person how many years is that judgement good for so you could collect the money awarded to you. i know that you have 10 years and then you have to file papers to get another 10 years, but after that is it over or can it be extended again?
1 Answer from Attorneys
A judgment can be renewed, following procedures in the Code of Civil Procedure, more than once. However, the ultimate collectibility of the judgment isn't usually enhanced by the passage of time. If you are a judgment creditor, you are advised to take some steps toward collection within a lesser time frame. Have you recorded an abstract of judgment with the county recorder in each county where the debtor may have real property? Have you conducted a debtor examination? Considered garnishment of wages? ...and so on.
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