Not in the sense that an officer of the court contacts credit bureaus and gives them the pertinent information. There are hundreds of businesses which only do searches of public records and then sell the information to other business, credit bureaus, attorneys, private citizens, and so forth. The credit bureau itself would not be able to take on such an arduous task and still maintain quality productivity (assuming they do, which is a BIG assumption).
If you are not a company that reports unpaid debts to the credit bureau's, you can turn the debt over to a collection agency who does report. The other way is to obtain a judgment against them and it will automatically be reported by the courts.
A judgment is granted to the victor in a court case and would only be reported against the defendant after it is granted. So the suit itself is never reported until a conclusion is declared by the court.
A letter from the collection company or creditor who reported it or a lien release form if the judgment was placed in lien against property.
A default judgment will be entered against you, and will be reported to the credit bureaus automatically. If you still refuse to move, the court will direct the county sheriff to physically remove you and all of your property out of the apartment/house you are renting.
you loose, automatically. judgment will be made against you even if you don't go to court.
The judgment is against the person, not the property.
No, it is levied against your estate.
Yes, if they get a judgment against you, and most do. Once the judgment has been entered and is public record, that judgment will go on your credit reports and it will tank your credit scores.
A judgment is against specific things.
Yes, if a collection agency files a lawsuit and is awarded a judgment against the debtor. In the majority of U.S. states a judgment can be executed against bank accounts even those held jointly. The exception would be a marital account held in Tenancy By The Entirety (TBE) when only one spouse is the judgment debtor.
It obviously depends on what the judgment was for, and may depend on your particular state laws. Money judgments usually become assets of the estate of the deceased, and the executor or administrator of the estate will have to pursue, abandon or compromise the claim.
You can check for judgments against a person by searching court records online, visiting the courthouse in the jurisdiction where the judgment was issued, or hiring a professional background check service. Additionally, credit reports may also show any judgments that have been reported to credit bureaus.