Examples
of Small Claims Actions
After
you get a Small Claims Court judgment, you'll
want to know what actions are available to you
to collect your money. Often debtors don't want
to pay, so the collection methods can become time
consuming and even costly. That's why you want
to know which small claims actions are the most
effective.
The good news is that in most cases any costs
you incur in collecting the debt can be added
back onto the debt. Every state has their method
of adding the cost to the judgment. Just ask at
your own Small Claims Court. If the clerk says
he can't give you "legal advice," then
inform them that you are not seeking legal advice,
just procedural advice.
Common actions to collect your judgment include
the following: 1) wage garnishments, 2) bank levies,
3) seizing the debtor's auto, and 4) getting an
assignment order where the court orders those
who are paying the debtor to pay you instead.
You can also put a lien on the debtor's real and
personal property, and seize it later.
If
you want to know the ins and outs of these debt
collection actions, and other methods as well,
we reccommend taking a look at the Collect
From Your Debtor Manual. For a very, very
low cost you can be taken step-by-step through
the small claims actions available to you.
Often
debtors will try to hide their assets in a corporation.
But debtors are often lazy, and fail to follow
all the formalities of the corporation that are
required by law. That means that it is possible
for you to "pierce the corporate veil"
and hold the corporation liable for the debt too!
If your debtor is hiding assets in a corporation,
then that may be the way for you to go. Also,
at the Collect
From Your Debtor Website, you'll find informative
facts about how corporations work and how to penetrate
them to collect your debt.
In order to collect your Small Claims judgment,
you may use all the remedies available to Civil
Court judgment-holders to their collect money.
These actions are numerous and often highly effective.
You can either collect or make your debtor's life
difficult until he pays you.
Or,
you may be interested in hiring someone to collect
your judgment for you. Simply go to www.judgment-trackers.com.
Judgment Trackers can either assist you, or refer
you to someone in your area who can. It takes
people who are skilled and tenacious to collect
judgment debts through small claims actions. Debtors
are always with us, and they probably always will
be. Make sure your efforts are as informed and
as thorough as they can be.
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