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A judgment creditor can take any non-exempt personal property you own. This includes furniture, collectibles, and other personal property in your home, your safe deposit boxes, and your financial accounts. However, you may be able to claim exemptions for some of your personal property.

Asset protection involves structuring one's assets in a way that makes it difficult and costly for a judgment holder to actually collect on the judgement. There are four main ways to not pay a judgment: (1) use statutory exemptions, (2) use protected assets, (3) negotiate with the creditor, or (4) file bankruptcy.

file with court OR submit paper documents to recording department: One document (PDF) containing (1) certified or authenticated copy of the foreign judgment; and (2) affidavit with the judgment debtor's name, last known address, and social security number, if known, the judgment creditor's address.

If a judgment is entered against the debtor in one state, but the debtor resides in another state or the debtor's assets are located in another state, then the creditor must transfer the judgment to that state.

UNITED ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS ACT Under the U.S. Constitution, a judgment obtained in one state is to be given full faith and credit to a judgment obtained in another state. The purpose of the UEFJA is to provide speedy and economical methods for creditors to enforce judgments in another state.

Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgment Act was established to allow holders of uncollected foreign judgments to domesticate the judgment and have a writ of execution issued in the Florida county where the judgment is recorded without having to file suit or pay a filing fee.