bjuice

hello. Judgements can work in a number of ways.
1st off you need to have the judgement recorded in the local county (RMC) register of deeds where the person lives. If you do not have it recorded there will be no record of it. a Judge only issues the judgement they do nbot enforce it, its your responsibility to have it recorded ( here locally its only 10.00 to record)..

Now here are a few ways a judgement can play out once you have it properly recorded.

1- depending on the county,there is a process called execution of judgement its carried out by the Sheriff's Department as a civil matter, the Sheriff's department researches the person for titled collateral,if its found a levy can be placed anaginst the property and auctioned off and of course your debt is staisfied by the proceeds..( we have this option here in S.C.)

2nd and MOST COMMON..is that when you have the judgement properly recorded it will ATTACH itself to any REAL PROPERTY ( realestate) the person may own..this means buying also.....the judgement will lay dormant until the person sells his property or refinances his mortgage etc...the judgement will then have to be paid in full and satisfied. and released by you then the property can be sold, refinanced etc...


caution:...If you do not have the Judgement recorded and it made part of the PUBLIC record it will be useless...

hope this helps you.