Enforcing Your Judgment Below are the legal steps that you may take to collect your judgment in the order in which you may want to proceed: Get in touch with the judgment debtor. Levy (seize) assets that you have personal knowledge of. Examine judgment debtor in court to locate unknown assets.

You have four main options to deal with a default judgment: Accept the judgment. Settle the judgment for less. Challenge the judgment. Pursue debt relief.

What Do You Do When There Is A Judgment Lien On Your Property, But The Judgment Has Expired? Judgments have expiration dates. If they are not timely renewed, they expire. In CA that is 10 years.

This is a breakdown of the steps involved in foreclosing on a lien. File a mechanics lien. Filing a mechanics lien is the actual first step in the lien foreclosure process. Send notices. Hire a lawyer. Prepare your case. File your case. Serve the owners. Wait for your day in court. Collect on your judgment.

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In some situations, it may also be possible to "foreclose" on the judgment lien, and force the sale of the property. You can put a lien on that property so that if they ever sell or refinance the property you might get paid.To do this, you first need an Abstract of Judgment. The entire process, from debt satisfaction to recordation of the release, ordinarily takes roughly four weeks to complete. In some cases, you can 'foreclose' the judgment lien and force the sale of the debtor's property. If your judgment is against a business, you can record a lien with the Secretary of State's office. To do this, fill out a JL-1. When two or more persons have liens on real property, priority rules establish which liens are superior and which are subordinate. How can I find out what liens are on the property? To do this fill out an EJ-15 Notice of Judgment Lien form.

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