20-100 points
No, if you hit the lotto you should be able to pay the judgment in full, I hope? LOL
If it was not paid in full or settled, the judgment may have been renewed by the judgment holder. Most judgments are renewable and can be kept on a credit report for an undetermined amount of time.
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Well, to start with a judgment stays on your credit for a minimum of 10 years until you pay it off. It could have an impact on your ability to buy a home, a vehicle, get other credit cards, etc.
Depends how you look at it. They hurt your credit score the same if they are on your credit report. But they can be collected differently. If someone gets a judgment against you they can garnish your wages and take your tax refund. A charged off account is usually sent to collections and could possible be turned into a judgment. Either way, you still owe debt on both and they hurt your credit the same.
Most likely. Judgments are among the legal items which can be reflected on an individual's credit report. The others are tax liens, foreclosures and bankruptcies. The status (paid or unpaid) is beside the point with legal items. What is needed is for the judgment to have its' proper "disposition". This would be a Satisfaction of Judgment or an Order to Vacate Judgment (dismissal). The disposition needs to be granted in the same jurisdiction as the original judgment and be recorded. You could then forward a certified copy to all three credit bureaus in order for the item to be properly reflected. The impact to your credit is severe, but having a disposition is necessary to prevent the legal item from stopping future borrowing efforts.
How could it NOT hurt your credit rating? I'd say that you could easily slide 200 points having an RV repo on your record, and it could take years to recover from it.
You would need to bring an action in court and obtain a judgment against the owner. The judgment could be recorded in the land records and would perfect your lien against the property.
A credit card debt will be granted a judgment possibly and then the company can pursue you to collect the debt. A garnishment could even be awarded, although this is rare on unsecured debt.
You cannot be arrested for failing to pay a debt. The collection could sue you, but the judgment would be nearly impossible to enforce. Your disability benefits cannot be taken or garnished to enforce the judgment. The most they could do is put the judgment on your credit rating, put a lien on your property and perhaps have some of your nonexempt property taken and sold to pay toward the judgment.
If the judgment was rendered 3 years ago, it will remain for at least another 4 years or it could remain for the entire period that the judgment is valid. Depending on state laws, that could be 10,20,30 or more years.
Make sure that you stay below 30% of the credit limit if you want to have a decent credit score. There is a scoring module that Credit Reporting Agencies go by that we as the consumers don't know about. I will tell from experience that your score could decrease anywhere from 10 - 20 points from each bureau that your account is being reported with.