Category: debt collection

You have taken another party to court and won a sizable money judgment. Now it’s time to collect on that judgment. The debtor’s attorney contacts you and offers immediate payment if you agree to accept less than the full amount. What should you do? Should you accept the deal or hold out...

In our business, we work with clients who have taken other parties to court and successfully sued them. Many of our clients originally filed debt collection lawsuits against debtors who failed to pay what they owed. The big question is, why sue? In simple terms, a civil lawsuit takes debt...

It would be nice for judgment creditors if every court case ended with prompt payment of any monetary award granted by the court. But that’s not how things generally work. Oftentimes, it takes a while to get paid. Judgment debtors have their reasons for either slow-walking payment or not...

The debt collection industry is like any other in the sense that it has its own vocabulary. Take judgment collection. The two main players in any judgment collection scenario are the judgment creditor and judgment debtor. Don’t worry if you are unfamiliar with these two players. You are about...

Judgment creditors in Idaho have access to several means of collection. Garnishment is just one of them. We suspect a lot of people have heard about garnishment but do not truly understand what it is. This post will explain the basics of garnishment and why it might not be the best option....

Certain aspects of running a business are almost necessary evils. Debt collection is one of them. And when debt collection goes as far as civil litigation, business owners need to consider how much time they can afford to put into litigation and collection. If you are looking at taking deadbeat...

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....

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...

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...

A fair number of the judgments entered in county courts around the country relate to unpaid business-to-business (B2B) debts. A vendor takes a client to court over unpaid invoices, expecting that a judgment will fix everything. Sometimes seeking a judgment is the only way to go. But if going to...