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Bringing in a judgment collection agency to help with an unpaid judgment isn’t free. Collection agencies need to be paid for the work they do. Their services are well worth paying for, especially if there is little hope of you ever collecting on your own. Besides, collection agencies offer a…

Judgments would be the perfect tool for collecting bad debts if judgment debtors paid promptly. But they don’t. Far too often, judgment creditors spend a ton of money on collection efforts only to come up empty. If that sounds like your company’s experience, why not change things? Let…

There are different types of judgments courts can enter to resolve civil litigation. Default judgments are utilized in every state, at least as far as we know. Summary judgments are pretty standard as well. In some states, consent judgments are yet another option. The question for this post is…

Judgments are court decisions rendered in civil cases. They often include monetary compensation for the winning party. Unfortunately, there are statutes of limitations on judgments. Case winners, otherwise referred to as judgment creditors, only have a certain amount of time to collect. That is…

You have gone to the trouble of taking someone the court for payment of an outstanding debt. You won the case and now have a judgment in your favor. What next? You can go it alone trying to work out some sort of payment with the debtor. You can leave collection to your attorney….

Obtaining a court judgment against a debtor may be necessary to compel that person to pay. But what if payment isn’t forthcoming? What if you need to hire a collection agency to pursue the debtor? Worse yet, what happens if you get close to a judgment’s expiration date and still…

As a Utah collection agency specializing in judgment collection, we have had our fair share of experiences tracking down and making contact with debtors who have failed to pay what they owe. If it were not for such debtors, we wouldn’t be in business. That aside, there are probably more…

Nothing pleases us more than being able to go to a client with full payment on an outstanding judgment. It is something we appreciate doing in each of the 11 states in which we do business, including Missouri. States recognize a judgment as satisfied when it is paid or otherwise settled to the…

Judgment collection agencies don’t automatically accept every case they are offered. Indeed, collection agencies assess cases on an individual basis. Each case has its own merits to consider. For their part, the collection agency wants to make sure it’s not getting into a situation in…

Although the Judgment Collectors main office is in Salt Lake City, UT, we are active in 11 states. Missouri is one of them. Like every other state in the union, Missouri has some unique rules governing debt collection and judgments. If you or your business are in Missouri, how much do you know…

Filing judgment liens is one of the major debt collection tools judgment creditors in Michigan have at their disposal. A judgment lien establishes a legal and financial interest in a piece of real property owned by the debtor. The lien prevents the debtor from selling the property without using the…

The general rule among states regarding the length of time judgment creditors have to collect places a statute of limitations on judgments. Michigan is no exception. Their statute of limitations is 10 years. However, that does not mean failing to collect within the 10-year period brings a judgment…