Acknowledgment Of Satisfaction Of Judgment California

On the form, say that you want to have the court "Enter Satisfaction of Judgment." File your form with the clerk. The clerk may schedule a court date and let you and all other parties know. If the court is convinced that you have paid, the court will enter the satisfaction of judgment.

In California, you must file a notarized "Acknowledgement Of Satisfaction of Judgment" with the Court. The law ignores the real world possibility of bounced checks and bankruptcy, and requires you to file the Satisfaction within 14 days.

A Satisfaction of Judgment is a document signed by one party acknowledge receipt of the payment. The Satisfaction of Judgment is then filed with the court. This is beneficial to the paying party for multiple reasons. One, the court is put on notice that the debt has been satisfied.

A document signed by the party who is owed money under a court judgment (called the judgment creditor) stating that the full amount due on the judgment has been paid.

The defendant should ask for a letter confirming that the entire amount of the judgment has been paid. He or she may do so by sending a demand letter to the plaintiff. The release and satisfaction form is filed with the court clerk and entered into the case record.

You will need one original, notarized copy for the judgment debtor. If you recorded an abstract of judgment to place a lien against the debtor's real property, you will need an original, notarized copy of your Acknowledgment of Satisfaction of Judgment (EJ-100) for each county where you placed a lien.

If the judgment creditor does not immediately file an Acknowledgement of Satisfaction of Judgment (EJ-100) when the judgment is satisfied, the judgment debtor may make a formal written demand for the creditor to do so. The judgment creditor has 15 days after receiving the debtor's request to serve the acknowledgement.