Category: judgment collection

Have you ever had the opportunity to attempt collecting a civil judgment? If so, how would you describe the experience? One of the analogies we think fits best is driving off road. So much so that we like to say that collecting judgments is a bumpy ride. Perhaps you would agree. Our goal at...

Like courts in every other state, Idaho courts render civil judgments just about every day. Many of those judgments are monetary judgments, meaning one party is ordered to pay a monetary award to the other. They are the types of judgments we specialize in. We assist clients in Idaho in their...

Just about every business professional is familiar with the concept of return on investment (ROI). It is a principle that guides business decisions among both small companies and big corporations alike. It turns out we can apply ROI principles to judgment collection. Doing so is not a bad idea if...

If there is one thing that we have learned over many years of collecting judgments, it is that every case is unique in some way. There are standard rules and procedures we can apply to every case, yet each case has its own peculiarities. Therefore, it is in everyone’s best interests to...

It is not unusual for companies trying to collect bad debts to ask why they should take debtors to court rather than just sending the debts to a collection agency. Going to court opens the door to additional collection tools that are otherwise unavailable, assuming that the company wins the case....

It is not terribly difficult to understand why someone might file a personal injury lawsuit. Civil lawsuits filed by government entities against businesses are also fairly straightforward. But when it comes to collecting an unpaid debt, why would a company take a customer to court? Why not just...

Believe us when we say that we know how frustrating it can be to attempt to collect a judgment from an uncooperative debtor. We see that sort of thing all the time. But we also know that giving up does not change anything. In fact, giving up means letting go of something you went...

Big corporations have entire collection departments staffed by people who do nothing but go after bad debts. But when it is just you trying to collect as a small business owner, going after bad debts can be emotionally draining. We see it time and again in our industry. But it doesn’t have to...

A standard piece of advice we offer companies struggling to collect judgments is to bring in a collection agency, like Judgment Collectors, as early in the process as possible. The sooner, the better. There are multiple reasons for this. One such reason is the need to search for hidden assets. It...

Words mean things, right? They sure do in the judgment collection arena. For example, did you know that rendering and entering judgments are two distinct and separate things? We need to be very careful about the language we use so that we don’t give potential clients the wrong impression. We...