To vacate a default, your motion papers must show a good reason or excuse for your default and that your claims or defenses have legal merit. Intheblanks form required for any matter originating and electronically filed in Supreme or Surrogate's Courts in Richmond County.This section will explain the procedure to file an Appeal or Motion to Vacate the Judgment. If an Appeal or Motion is not filed in 30 days, it will be final. Ask for a trial or default judgment. The request for entry of default means that your 30 days to file a response has expired. In other words you have forfeited the case. A Clerk's Certificate of Default is required before seeking a default judgment. (a) Electronically file a PROPOSED CLERK'S CERTIFICATE OF DEFAULT. Court Forms, Free forms are available for those actions that only require the single form to be filed on an existing case.