Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Florida

Re: defendant out of country

I doubt that homeland Security will give you that kind of information. You will need to search for assets here or abroad in hopes of getting paid. That is often the hardest part of bringing a claim.

Re: defendant out of country

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There is no way to have access to the defendants passport information. This is highly confidential information. The best you can do is to record a certified copy of your judgment and they might be stopped by Homeland Security upon coming or going from the United States.

Scott R. Jay, Esq.

Re: defendant out of country

I assume you are not connected enough to make that happen because you're writing here. Your attorney will need to file your judgment and renew it before it expires, and interest will continue to run while you wait for an opportunity to collect. If the defendant is not a living person, then you've probably wasted your time, but there are ways of collecting if the judgment is big enough.