Category: judgment collection

Did you know that judgments come with statutes of limitations? Here in Utah, the statute of limitations is eight years from the date a judgment is entered. Most states have statutes of limitations of between seven and 10 years. Let’s err on the high side and say your state has a 10-year...

Our industry has its own language. We use terms that people not involved in judgment collection are not familiar with. They aren’t difficult to understand, but they are also not part of the common language. Two examples are ‘judgment creditor’ and ‘judgment debtor’....

Regular readers of our blog know that states regulate civil judgments according to their own laws. We are active in six states including California, Washington, and Idaho. Needless to say, some of the laws in these other states vary quite a bit from the laws on collecting judgments in Utah. It is...

Having to go to court is no fun. As a business owner or manager, civil litigation is not on your list of things to do. You would rather concentrate your company’s efforts on serving your customers. Things don’t always work out that way, though.  No matter how hard you try actively...

Clients working with us for the very first time have lots of questions. For example, they frequently ask us what they need to do next, after turning their judgments over to us. Our answer is ‘nothing’. Once you turn a judgment over to Judgment Collectors, there is nothing else to do. We...

We assume you are visiting our website because your organization either has unpaid judgments or is anticipating seeking judgments against debtors in the future. Checking out Judgment Collectors is a good first move. While you consider the next step, ask yourself this: how well does your...

One of the more common questions we hear is whether a judgment is subject to a statute of limitations or not. We often get this question after a client has tried unsuccessfully for years to collect on an unpaid judgment. That aside, the answer to the question is pretty straightforward: judgments...

No case we work as judgment collectors originates with us. We collect unpaid judgments which, by default, are the result of court action. Therefore, every case we work originates in civil court, where a debtor loses the case and has a judgment entered against them. So what’s the process? What...

If we could point to one thing that most of our collection efforts ride on, it would be debtor assets. After all, a debtor without assets may be legitimately unable to make good on their debt. That’s why it pays to know a debtor’s assets. If we know what a debtor owns, we can...

Judgment Collectors is a firm that specializes in collecting unpaid court judgments. You could make the case that we are a collection agency of sorts. However, there are some key differences between general debt collection and judgment collection. As such, collection agencies that market themselves...