Litigation can often be long and tiresome. Unfortunately, a successful verdict does not always lead to the desired outcome – the defendant paying up. Previous parts of this series addressed other aspects of collecting and enforcing judgments. Part I of this series discussed collecting a money judgment through the garnishment process. Part II explained a
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I Have a Judgment, Now What?: Collecting and Enforcing a Money Judgment Through a Sheriff’s Sale
By Dana Chilson on
Posted in Litigation, Municipal Law
You won your lawsuit, and now you want to be paid. But how do you get an unwilling defendant to cough up the cash? You have several options. Part I of this series discussed collecting a money judgment through the garnishment process. This article explains a second option: conducting a sheriff’s sale of the defendant’s real or personal property in order to be made whole.
I Have a Judgment, Now What? Collecting and Enforcing a Money Judgment Through the Garnishment Process
By Dana Chilson on
Posted in Litigation, Municipal Law
As a plaintiff, you often roam a long and weary road before you achieve your ultimate litigation goal: a judgment against a defendant. Now that you have your prize, what do you do with it? With any luck, the defendant recognizes the error of his or her ways and willingly pays you the full amount…