Category: judgment collection

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...

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...

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...

Collecting outstanding judgments is not always the easiest task. It can take a lot of time and energy. It can be frustrating when debtors do not cooperate. Trying to collect can be so demoralizing that you just want to throw up your hands, walk away, and forget about it. Wouldn’t it be nice...

Protecting one’s credit was often strong motivation to pay up when a civil judgment was entered against a debtor. Judgment debtors with legitimate resources would have rather paid what they owed than face the consequences of having a judgment show up on a credit report. But that is no longer...