Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in New Jersey

Collecting Judgement from bank account info

hI- I JUST RECEIVED JUDGEMENT FROMT HE COURT TO GET MY MONEY BACK FOR MONEY I LOANED TO SOMEONE AND THE PERSON NEVER PAID ME BACK, THE AMOUNT THE PERSON OWED ME WAS UNDER 900.00. WOULD A LAWYER BE ABLE TO HELP ME GET THE MONEY BACK AND IF SO HOW MUCH WOULD I HAVE TO PAY THE LAWYER TO COLLECT THE JUDGMENT? I HAVE THE PERSONS BANK NAME AND ACCOUNT NUMBER. PLEASE INFORM ME HOW TO GO ABOUT COLLECTING THE MONEY NOW. CAN THEIR BANK ACCOUNT BE FROZEN AND HOW? ALSO WILL THE DEFENDENT BE NOTIFIED ABOUT THAT I WON THE JUDGMENT AS THE DEFENDENT NEVER SHOWED UP AND I RECEIVED DEFUALT JUDGMENT? WHAT STEPS DO I TAKE TO GET THIS MONEY BACK QUICKLY...WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE A LAWYER'S REPLY ASAP YOUR HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED THANKS


Asked on 4/27/02, 10:39 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Glen Chulsky Law Office of Glen H. Chulsky

Re: Collecting Judgement from bank account info

A lawyer could handle something like collecting your judgment and would probably charge 15-25% of the amount collected. You can probably do the required work yourself however. You need to instruct a court constable to go after the defendant's assets, ie the bank account.

Read more
Answered on 4/27/02, 3:31 pm


Related Questions & Answers

More Credit, Debt and Collections Law questions and answers in New Jersey