It means that the court has awarded them some kind of judgment against you, usually a monetary amount. Your place of residence is immaterial. As long as you are paying your rent and abiding by the conditions of your lease it seems you would be okay. BUT, not knowing all the particulars of your problem it is possible they may take action to evict you.
Please allow me to confirm that it CAN effect your credit. The apartment community typically, but not always, turns the accounts over to a debt collection agency. Once the agency has the account, they start sending letters, calling etc. The account is typically reported to the bureaus between 90-120 days after placement. The reporting is the first piece of leverage to get a debtor to pay. The goal is to get the money, not to prevent you from opening up an account at Best Buy. If you pay the collection agency quickly, you won't have a mark on your credit at all. You might even be able to pay a settlement rather than a full amount. Evictions however are reported independently through the county. Evictions by the way, don't drop off after 7 years, depending on the state, they can last a lot longer depending on the state. The FCRA (fair credit reporting act) says that an item on your credit can stay for 7 years from the date the debt was incurred OR the last payment date.
The owner can begin eviction actions against you.
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This means the apartment is allowing you to still live there (perhaps you settled and paid the arrears but not before the Landlord obtained a Judgment or writ of execution against you but chose not to kick you out)
You pay it.
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If you have had a judgment entered against you and have not paid, the prevailing party can request that the court garnish wages or property in order to pay the judgment entered against you. -J
The repossess the car, can get a judgment against you and your credit is badly damaged.
The judgment is still collectable, it does not simply go away. The creditor may assign the debt to a third party, who has full authority to collect it, however the creditor may notify you, the judgment debtor, ehere and when to send payments. its still a judgment against you, and will remain so until the creditor instructs the Clerk to cancel it, by stating you have paid, or rather "satisfied" the judgment against you.
In the majority of US states a judgment holder can execute a judgment in several ways. The preferred method is wage garnishment, other options for the judgment creditor would be; bank account levy or seizure and sale of unexempt personal property or a lien against real property owned by the judgment debtor.
The judgment creditor can execute the writ according to the laws of the state in which the judgment debtor resides. The preferred method is wage garnishment or bank account levy. Other options for the judgment creditor is the seizure and sale of unexempt real and personal property belonging to the debtor or liens against real property belonging to the debtor.
If the defendant has no assets, they may not be able to pay a monetary judgment against them. In such cases, the plaintiff may not be able to collect on the judgment unless the defendant's financial situation changes in the future.
The prevailing party (judgment creditor) may collect on the judgment. You may be summoned to court to tell about your assets, garnishment may be started, or other lawful means of collection may be used, at the judgment creditor's discretion.
The lender will get a judgment against both of you and collect from whomever has the money.