What happens if you don't pay a civil judgment and are not working and have no assets?

What assets are protected against a judgment in a wrongful death civil suit?

Each state has different laws on what assets can be protected from judgment creditors.

What will happen if you don't pay the judgment in a civil case?

if you have the ability to do an act required under a judgment then you can be held in civil contempt and actually jailed, however if it is strictly a monetary judgment then you cannot be incarcerated, but your wages can be garnished and your assets seized by the judgment holder.

Can a civil lawsuit result in a garnishment?

A civil suit after a judgment is obtained but not before can definitely result in a garnishment of the judgment debtor's salary. That is one of the most widely used methods of collecting on a judgment when the debtor does not have assets from which to pay the debt.

Can you own a car if have a civil debt?

If someone has a civil judgment against you, it is possible that your assets may be ats risk. However, the laws of most states also protect a portion of your assets. The types an amounts of property that you can protect from a judgment creditor will vary be state. However, it is usually not very cost effective for a judgment creditor to go after the debtor's car. Having a civil judgment on your credit history will make it more difficult for you to get a car loan. It will be difficult, but not impossible.

How long does civil judgment last in the state of GA?

In Georgia, a civil judgment typically lasts for 7 years but can be renewed for an additional 7 years. This means that the creditor has up to 14 years to enforce the judgment against the debtor's assets or income.

What assets can you lose if judgment is over your auto limits?

In a civil case and once a judgement is issued against you, any assets, including bank accounts, you have may be repossessed by the sheriff's department during the course of enforcing that order.

How can you find out where someones is currently working if you have a civil judgment against that person?

You can try conducting a public records search or hiring a private investigator to locate where the individual is currently working. Another option is to request information from the court that issued the civil judgment, as they may have updated contact details for the individual.

Is child support a civil judgment?

In Illinois, each child support payment is a civil judgment.

What is Civil Procedured form 1.977?

It's a fact information sheet akin to a set of questions about your current assets, income and living expenses. It is used as discovery in aid of execution for a prevailing party to determine what assets he, she or it may used to recover on a judgment for money.

How do you place a lien on someone's property who owes you money for storage?

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If the defendant in a civil suit does not respond to the charges what happens?

The plaintiff will win a by default and a judgment will be entered against the defendant. There are not laws that require a person to file an answer or to be present at the civil suit hearing.

Is a judgment considered a civil proceeding?

Judgments can be entered by the court in either civil or criminal cases. Today, most courts in the US are courts of general jurisdiction, meaning they can hear any type of case. In larger counties usually a courtroom is devoted just to criminal cases and another to civil cases, but the judges usually take turns, rotating from time to time. Broadly speaking there are only civil and criminal cases, but some states create a third category, sometimes called "special proceedings" or something similar, for adoptions, involuntary commitments to mental care, foreclosures of mortgages, and other odd sorts of cases. If a court enters a judgment in a civil case it goes on the judgment docket of the county in which the judgment was rendered. If the judgment included an award of money damages, payment of court costs of the other party, or payment to the court for its costs, those financial awards can be enforced for a number of years, often ten. This is an "execution" on the judgment and can be had only against the assets of the party against whom the judgment was issued, and only those assets in the county where the judgment is docketed. A plaintiff who wins a lawsuit, gets a judgment docketed, and a few years later learns that the defendant has assets in another county, can have a "transcript of judgment" sent from the county where the judgment was won to the county where the defendant has assets, and have the judgment added to the docket where the assets are located, and then may proceed to try to collect where the assets are through an execution. In practice this is seldom done. Most states allow a judgment debtor to "exempt from execution" some of his property - so much in dollar value of the home where he lives, so much value in an automobile, so much in tools of the trade, and so on. In practice it is very difficult for plaintiffs to locate assets of the defendant and have them seized and sold by the county sheriff and the money obtained applied toward the judgment. Other than by insurance companies, most judgments get paid, if they get paid at all, when the judgment debtor goes to try to get a loan on a house in the county where the judgment is docketed. If the judgment debtor has land (including a house, or not) in the county where the judgment is docketed, or acquires land afterward (so long as it is within the period when the judgment may still be collected), the judgment instantly becomes a lien on that land, just like a mortgage. Therefore before the bank will make a loan the bank will require a "title search" which will disclose from the county records any judgments lodged against the borrower. To get the loan to buy the house, the judgment will have to be paid. After ten years judgments can be renewed, very easily, but most plaintiffs do not bother.